Peaked Elm Farmhouse

SO 8203-8303 KING'S STANLEY SELSLEY WEST

14/47 Peaked Elm Farmhouse 28.6.60 II

Detached farmhouse. Dated 1632; late C17 addition and rebuilding; C19 alterations. Random and coursed rubble limestone; ashlar chimneys; stone slate to front roof slopes, plain tile to rear. Two-storey with attic; L-plan. East front: parapet gable with cross-roll saddle extends forward to right with single-window fenestration to upper floor and attic, both 2-light recessed chamfered mullioned casements with hoodmould. South side of wing has C19 3-light to ground floor and blocked doorway to left with Tudor-arched lintel inscribed with I W S 1632. Part of hoodmould over with rosette to square stop; lean-to roof to stone-sided porch, now serving doorway with timber lintel and plank door in main range to left. C20 upper floor casement above porch with remains of hoodmould. Parapet attic gable to main range with 3- light casement; two 2-light to upper floor; blocked 2-light to ground floor. South end: gable-mounted ashlar chimney with egg and dart enriched moulded cap; blocked off-centre single-light attic opening with hoodmould. West side: 4-window fenestration to ground floor, formerly sashes with deep stone lintels, now C20 casements. Two upper floor windows, 3-light casement with hoodmould and 2-light to right without hood. North end: 2 gables, right is end of main range with single-window fenestration and off- centre C20 concrete chimney; lean-to below with C19 fixed light. Left gable end projects forward: off-centre blocked attic opening with mutilated hoodmould; gable-mounted chimney with moulded cap; further lean-to below with pantile roof. Interior: west-facing room has early C19 plaster frieze; panelled shutters to windows. Beams in east wing have stepped pointed chamfer stops. (N.M. Herbert, 'King's Stanley' in V.C.H. Glos. x, 1972, pp 242- 257)

Listing NGR: SO8288703688