Horton House

HORTON CP - ST31NW 2/52 Horton House 4.2.58

GV II

the entry shall be amended to read:-

ST31NW HORTON CP -

2/52 Horton House

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GV II

HORTON CP - ST31NW 2/52 Horton House 4.2.58

GV II

(Higher Horton Farmhouse on OS map; also known as The Firs). Detached farmhouse. Possibly C15, much modified c1900. Ham stone and local stone roughly cut and squared, some ashlar; Welsh slate roof between stepped coped gables; brick and stone chimney stacks. Two storeys, 4-bay south elevation, with projecting 2-storey porch to bay 3. Pairs of sash windows with 4-pane upper casements and plain below, in lias stone surrounds with voussoired and keystoned flat arches; projecting porch has angled corner buttresses, eaves string with gargoyles and battlemented parapet, near-triangular moulded outer arch with attached shafts, no label, and above a 3-light hollow-chamfered mullioned window in hollow recess without label; to left of porch a projecting chimney stack with gabled top; similar projecting stack to west gable; to right of porch a slight projection for circular staircase, with 2-unit upper stairlight. C19/C20 extension to rear. Interior not seen, but reported is a cross passage 3-room plan, with chamfered beams to east room which has a modified gable fireplace with possible smoke bay; centre room has 9-panel ceiling with moulded beams, west room a 4 x 4 panelled ceiling with reused C15 doorway; some arch-braced collar trusses to roof, some resting on shield corbels, two tiers of windbraces removed. (VAG Report, unpublished SRO, June 1982).

Listing NGR: ST3251815075