Oldend Farmhouse

SO 70 NE STONEHOUSE OLDENDS LANE (north side)

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Detached farmhouse. Late C16; early-mid C17 cross wing; early C19 alterations. Coursed and random rubble limestone; timber framing with brick infill; brick refacing; ashlar chimneys; stone slate roof. Single-storey with attic; 2-storey cross wing with attic; 2-storey porch in angle on east side. East front: lower range to left in brick facing on stone plinth, some timber framing still exposed. Projecting porch has stone front and brick south side above lean-to bay window to left with iron casement; 2- light chamfered mullioned casement with hoodmould above plain porch doorway with plank door. Small timber attic casement to left of bay, below eaves. Ridge-mounted chimney. Gable end of cross wing projects forward to right with blocked upper floor 2-light on south side. Single-window segmental arched C19 casement fenestration to gable. North: left half of cross wing in stone with gable-mounted chimney having moulded cap; square framed half to right with small upper floor casement. West: small framing to gable end of cross wing to left with jowled corner posts; single- window casement fenestration. Lower range to right in mixture of materials; eaves-mounted gabled attic dormer; brick lean-to with pantile roof. South end: rubble stone casement with 3-light casement to attic having small single-light above, both with lead- latticed lights and hoodmoulds. Interior: much timber framing survives, especially in lower range. One Tudor arched door-head on upper floor. Cross-wing has more C19 alterations. (N.M. Herbert, 'Stonehouse' in V.C.H. Glos. x, 1972, pp.267-289.)

Listing NGR: SO7983806206