Lower Ley Farmhouse

SO 71 NE WESTBURY-ON-SEVERN LOWER LEY

8/202 Lower Ley Farmhouse

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Farmhouse; C16, C17, C18; timber-framing, on stone plinth, rendered infill, tiled roof; brick rear wing, English bond. Cross passage hall wing, cross wing, with long back wing at other end: 2 storey. Cross wing on left, high stone plinth, jettied first floor and gable, tension braces to each floor; each floor 2 panels high between braces. 3-light C20 window ground floor, 2- light first floor: mortices in underside of gable jetty for original canted oriel. Brick chimney on left corner of gable. Hall range, sill lower, 3-panel high timber-framing: 2-light C20 window to hall, 3-centred head to cross-passage door: original moulded sill to first floor window. At right a lean-to brick extension to front. Ridge chimney to left of cross passage. Internally large fireplace to hall; heavy chamfers to ceiling beams in hall and cross wing, small chamfers to exposed joists. Truss to right of cross passage built for lower roof and heightened when rest of hall range rebuilt. Remains of stone spiral stair found between chimney and front wall, covered by later straight flight. Rear wing 6 bays, principal rafter tenoned into brace from wallplate to floor beam. Wing originally contained the cider mill.

Listing NGR: SO7512116072