Radford Farmhouse And Attached Garden Walls

ENSTONE RADFORD SP42SW 9/70 Radford Farmhouse and attached garden walls GV II

Farmhouse and garden walls. C17, extended early C19 and partly re-modelled mid C19. Coursed limestone rubble with some ashlar dressings; artificial stone-slate roofs with ashlar stacks. 3-unit lobby-entry plan, extended to rear, plus subsidiary ranges. 2 storeys plus attic and 2 storeys. 4-window front of earlier main range has mid-C19 windows, each of 2 sashes with a central mullion except for a 4-pane sash over the secondary entrance in bay one; main entrance between bays 2 and 3 is in line with a stack. Shallow-pitched roof with gable parapets has a further stack to right. A rubble subsidiary range extending to right has a steeper roof and casements with wooden lintels; a complex single-storey range to left, formerly the dairy and bakehouse, has a large rubble stack. 2-window early-C19 rear wing, returning from right of main range, has 12-pane sashes. Interior: chamfered spine beams; winder stair to attics; large central stack with back-to-back fireplaces, one an inglenook fireplace with chamfered bressumer; fielded-panelled doors, cupboards and shutters; early-C19 stair with stick balusters. Brick-lined rubble walls with flat copings extend from main range and enclose a square front garden, ramping down from approximately 3 metres high to approximately 1.5 metres. Farmhouse forms a close group with barns (q.v.) and shelter sheds (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SP4089823897