Church Farmhouse

STEEPLE ASHTON HIGH STREET ST 95 NW (east side) 7/231 Church Farmhouse 11.9.68 GV II

Farmhouse. Mid C16, extended mid and late C17. Square-panelled timber framing with brick nogging, partly pebbledashed, stone slate roof with stone and brick stacks. T-plan. Two-storey, 2-window. C19 gabled porch with 6-panelled door to right of C17 front, sidelights, 4-light casement to left. First floor has 3-light and 4-light casement, triple-gabled roof, the right hand gable larger. Left return has segmental-headed casement, 2-light casement and 2- light wood mullioned window to ground floor, 3-light and 2-light first floor casements, part of timber-frame exposed. C16 cross range to right has stone plinth with short buttresses, early C20 five-light casement to ground floor and 3-light to first of gable end, right return facing Church Street has C20 casements to dressed limestone ground floor to right of large lateral stone stack with offsets, timber-framing to left of stack with tension braces, timber-framed first floor has three 2-light casements. C17 rear wing with square-panelled timber-frame on rubble stone plinth, rear has inserted garage door and casements to first floor. Rear of main range has early C20 lean-to extension. Interior has chamfered beams in C17 ranges, moulded beams in C16 range, open fireplaces. Front gable end of C16 wing originally jettied, altered C19. (VCH, Wiltshire, Vol 8, 1965)

Listing NGR: ST9056357062