Lowertown Farmhouse

SX 48 NW STOWFORD SPRYTOWN

3/284 Lowertown Farmhouse -

GV II

Farmhouse. C16 origins, C19 and C20 alterations. Colourwashed and rendered with 2-span slate roof with hipped ends. 1 massive projecting stone stack with set-offs at left end, 1 lateral stone projecting stack with set-offs on front at right. The original plan was probably 3-room and through passage with heated lower end and the hall heated by the lateral stack. Disturbance to the right-hand end wall suggests that the inner room has been demolished. In the C19 the house was extended to the rear forming a double depth plan, and a stair was inserted in the passage. 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3-window front with the former hall stack on the front at the right and the front door in a long lean-to porch on the front. Ground floor window left is a 20-pane sash. Ground floor window in right-hand end of lean-to is a 2-light casements. Interior Modernized but may conceal earlier features. Ground floor room left has 2 boxed-in cross beams.

Listing NGR: SX4112285360