Four Shire Stone Farm

EVENLODE SP 23 SW 2/106 Four Shire Stone Farm 26.3.85 II Detached farmhouse with attached partly converted barn and store. C17, C18, C19 and C20. C17 part; coursed, squared and dressed limestone and sandstone, concrete tile roof, ashlar stacks; C18 barn and C19 store coursed, squared and dressed limestone, corrugated asbestos roof to store. C20 extensions; artificial stone concrete tile roof. Rectangular main body with C20 extensions at rear and conservatory at front, partly converted C18 barn on right gable end, C19 store on gable-end of barn. Garden front; 2 storeys and garret lit by single light casement with double-chamfered surround. 4 bay, 3-windowed facade lit by 2 and 3-light double-chamfered, stone-mullioned casements with horizontal glazing bars. Two C20 doors with glazing bars in flat-chamfered surrounds (one original) from conservatory into house. Former surround to front door with 4-centred arch and imposts reused in right-hand wall of conservatory, compass drawn rosettes and various roughly carved initials and dates (earliest date 1769). Reused stone in wall of conservatory with inscription MARKHAM GARDNER/ADDELBURY/1777. Left end of C18 barn now converted, double width entrance with timber lintel right. Stable door to store right lit by 2 glazing bar casements, pitching window in right gable-end. Gable-end and axial stacks with moulded cappings. Interior: spine beam. Two open fireplaces with bressummer beams, one with incised inscription WILLIAM LUCKELL 1688. Barn interior: ventilation slits and gable-end pitching window with keystone visible from interior. Roof to store; single truss with (probably reused) curving principals set upside down.

Listing NGR: SP2301432023