Farm Cottages

CHILSON SHORTHAMPTON SP32SW 2/13 Nos.1 and 2 (Farm Cottages)

GV II

House, now divided. Probably late C16 with C18 and early C20 alterations and additions. Coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings; addition of squared and coursed limestone. Stone slate roof. Two-unit plan with flanking later additions. Two storeys. Central stone ridge stack with weatherings (top rebuilt in brick) and stone ridge stack off-centre to left (rebuilt in C20). Two-window front; first-floor 3-light wooden-framed leaded metal casements and ground-floor 3-light ovolo-moulded mullioned stone windows with leaded lights. C20 half-glazed door to right with wooden lintel. Lower probably C18 addition to right (see straight joint) with C20 brick ridge stack off-centre to right and 2-light leaded casement to each floor with wooden lintel and cill (ground-floor window possibly former doorway). One-storey lean-to to right. Probably early C20 addition to left (see straight joint) has half-glazed door with wooden lintel. Two-storey rear wing to rear of right-hand part with parapeted gable end. Interior: right-hand ground-floor room has altered C16 stone fireplace with moulded jambs and later mantel-shelf. Old plank door to first-floor rear corridor with wrought-iron strap hinges and chamfered oak frame with mason's mitre. Collar truss visible in right-hand cottage. Deep splayed jambs to windows. Interior of left-hand cottage not inspected. These cottages were probably formerly part of a larger and more important house.

Listing NGR: SP3276520062