Byams

ST12NW FITZHEAD CP WEST FITZHEAD

6/120 Byams

25.1.56 GV II

House. Mid C17, altered mid C19, reroofed mid C20. Red sandstone random rubble, rendered on entrance facade (East) slate roof, external stack left, others brick, with large external stepped stack at rear. 2 cell side wall fireplace plan with staircase turret to South and projecting wing North-east making L-shape. Two storeys, l:3:1 bays; C20 3-light metal casements with 4-light left of doorway and 2-light right. Gabled, slate roofed decorative wooden mid C19 porch. Attics lit from gable ends. 2-storeys, independantly roofed staircase turret, 20 pane window with thick glazing bars. Interior: entrance direct into hall with hollow chamfered beam 9 compartment plaster ceiling, plaster decoration in 2 panels to right of entrance only. To left C18 panelled rooom with bolection moulding, right of fireplace entrance to dog leg newel stair, plaster friezes and decorated soffits. Staircase turret probably had a second storey giving access to attics now via internal stair. (VAG Report, unpublished SRO, April 1976).

Listing NGR: ST1136128444