Church Farmhouse

LITTLE FARINGDON MAIN STREET SP20SW (North-east side) 1/128 Church Farmhouse GV II

Farmhouse. Early C18 with later additions and alterations. Uncoursed limestone rubble; stone slate roofs with coped parapet and verges to front of main range. Basic L-plan with later ranges in angle to rear. 2 storeys and attic. 3-window front with prominent gabled full dormers to left and right; late C19/early C20 casements in C18 openings with grooved lintels and projecting keystones; reduced proportions to right gable, blind and painted in imitation to left gable. Central entrance; half-glazed door with similar lintel to windows. External end stack to right with paired and rebated ashlar shafts, moulded dripstone and capping. 2 similar ridge stacks to rear gabled range, forming continuation of left gable. Lower range attached to right with granary to upper level approached by external lateral steps to rear has infilled doorway to right and casement to left in position of infilled doorway. Short gabled ranges in angle to rear one with C19 lean-to attached. Interior. Not inspected at time of resurvey (May 1987) but stone-flagged central entrance hall noted as having staircase with stick balusters. [2437]

Listing NGR: SP2254801462