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Besford Grange Farmhouse and Attached Railings

A Grade II Listed Building in Moreton Corbet and Lee Brockhurst, Shropshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.8205 / 52°49'13"N

Longitude: -2.6682 / 2°40'5"W

OS Eastings: 355069

OS Northings: 324987

OS Grid: SJ550249

Mapcode National: GBR 7M.V6F0

Mapcode Global: WH8B8.ZCMK

Plus Code: 9C4VR8CJ+6P

Entry Name: Besford Grange Farmhouse and Attached Railings

Listing Date: 6 May 1975

Last Amended: 29 October 1986

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1055396

English Heritage Legacy ID: 260053

ID on this website: 101055396

Location: Besford, Shropshire, SY4

County: Shropshire

Civil Parish: Moreton Corbet and Lee Brockhurst

Traditional County: Shropshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Shropshire

Church of England Parish: Moreton Corbet St Bartholomew

Church of England Diocese: Lichfield

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Description


SJ 52 SE MORETON CORBET C.P. BESFORD

9/59 Besford Grange Farmhouse
6.5.75 and attached railings
(formerly listed
as Besford Grange)

GV II

Farmhouse and attached railings. Late C18 with late C20 alterations
at rear. Red brick with plain tile roofs. L-plan. 2 storeys. Toothed
and dentil brick eaves cornice and parapeted gable ends with moulded
stone kneelers and stone copings. External brick end stacks. 3 bays;
glazing bar sashes with gauged brick heads and painted stone lintels.
Central door with 8 raised and fielded panels, lugged moulded architrave,
radial fanlight and open triangular-pedimented hood on scrolled brackets.
Rear wing reduced in length in C20, with parapeted gable end and external
brick lateral stack. C20 lean-to in angle. Adjoining wall and railings:
brick wall with stone coping attached to right. Railings to front;
low brick wall with stone coping, plain railings, square-section standards
with finials and stanchions, and square brick end piers with pyramidal
stone caps. Interior: C18 staircase, altered in late C20; formerly
dog-leg, now one flight with landings; open string, turned balusters
(2 per tread), ramped moulded handrail, curtail with turned foot newel,
and ramped wainscot panelling. Radial fanlight over passage adjacent
to staircase. Dentil cornice in left-hand ground-floor room. Doors
with 6 raised and fielded panels and moulded architraves.


Listing NGR: SJ5506924987

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