Description

This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 21/03/2019

SJ 30 NE; 9/113

WESTBURY C.P.,
STONEY STRETTON,
Lower House Farmhouse

(Formerly listed as: SHREWSBURY ROAD (north-west side), The Long House; previously listed as Lower House Farmhouse)

II

Farmhouse. Mid-C17 with late C19 alterations, partial rebuilding and
additions. Timber-framed on brick plinth with red brick nogging;
partly rebuilt, eaves raised, and extended in red brick; plain-tile
roofs. One framed bay with additions and 1½ framed bay projecting cross-
wing to west; baffle-entry plan. One storey and attic and two storeys.
Dentil brick eaves cornice to hall range; large squared and coursed red
sandstone and brick ridge stack off-centre to west, and external C19
brick end stack to east. Projecting cross wing to left with attic
casement and ground-floor three-light C19 wooden casement; hall range
to right with two windows on each floor, 3-light C20 metal casements
except for first-floor C19 two-light wooden casement to right; lean-to
brick porch in angle of cross wing to left with Tudor-style boarded door.
One storey lean-to to right; C19 gabled wing at rear. Cross wing has
exposed collar and tie-beam trusses with queen struts and V-struts.

INTERIOR: collar and tie-beam trusses with queen struts; wind braces;
timber-framed square-panelled cross-wall in cross-wing; chamfered
ceiling beams with ogee stops; large dressed sandstone stack; parlour
fireplace with chamfered wooden lintel and chamfered stone reveals
forming depressed arch, and cross wing fireplace with depressed chamfered
stone arch. Despite later alterations this house retains good quality
interior details. C. Ryan, The evolution of the peasant house in
Shropshire. Medieval - c.1850. The Parish of Westbury , Unpublished
thesis (October 1979), Manchester University, p. 120.

Listing NGR: SJ3847309647

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26306838

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)