Chirton Farmhouse

SU 05 NE 3/75

CHIRTON THE STREET (east side) No 41, Chirton Farmhouse

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Farmhouse. Late C17-early C18, and C19, incorporating some earlier brickwork. Diaper brickwork with thatched roof. Two storeys, probably originally a 2-bay lobby entry plan in timber framing, reclad in brick in C18 and extended southward by cross passage and one bay in C19. Entrance between bays 2 and 3, a 6-panelled door, the upper panels glazed, and canopy on simple cut brackets. C19 three-light transomed windows, those to ground floor stopped chamfered, and with stone sills and segmental brick arches with keyblocks. Three-light casement windows to upper floor. Two course plat band. C20 bay window at south end. Brick stack and gable stack to addition. Blind panel over door. Interior: North room, now breakfast room, has chalkstone stack, lintel replaced, and fireplace with timber lintel and replaced brick jambs in dining room at back. This room also with chamfered spine beam with round and notch stops. Two binders to kitchen, one replaced. Coloured quarry tile floor to cross passage of extension.

Listing NGR: SU0738657502