Stainswick Farmhouse

1. SHRIVENHAM STAINSWICK LANE (west side) SU 28 NW 4/64 Stainswick Farmhouse

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1. C17 with early C18 additions, extensively altered in the C19 of rubble stone and some roughcast, dressed stone quoins and a Bradstone tiled gabled at the E, half hipped at the W with end brick stacks on the C17 range and original stone tiled roofs to the later additions. The C17 range with a principal S front was extended to the E and to the rear to form an irregular rectangular plan. 2 storeys and attic. S front comprises a 3 window range of the original C17 front and a 2 bay range to the E of the C18. The 3rd bay of the original front has a C19 gable to the upper storey and both the C17 and C18 sections have a C19 polygonal bay window on the ground floor. The remaining windows are c20 casements apart from 2 hipped dormers in the roof. Late C19 stone porch to panelled door in the 4th bay from the left. The E wall has 2 porthole windows above a C20 conservatory. A small bread oven projects from a NE wall to the rear, it is of rubble stone with a stone tiled roof. The farmhouse is built on an elevated circular site surrounded by a ha-ha.

Listing NGR: SU2445487270