Description

SJ 40 NE
5/49

CONDOVER C.P.
CHATFORD
Chatford Farmhouse

GV
II
Farmhouse. Probably early C17 with later additions and alterations. Timber-framed now mainly rendered and cased in red brick, plain tile roofs.

Hall with two-bay cross-wing projecting to left; mid-C19 brick addition at right angles to rear on right. One storey and attic, dentilled eaves cornice to hall range; framing: gable end of hall range and rear gable of cross-wing with framing exposed, both showing V-struts from the collar, characteristic of C17 timber frame; irregular fenestration, late C19 and C20 casements, one on each floor to cross-wing with one to left and one to right in hall range, both with segmental heads, gabled eaves dormer above left window; blocked doorway slightly to left of centre with present entrance immediately to right; six-panel door under trellised porch to left of cross-wing; tall external stack to back wall with later brick lean-to behind; external stack to cross-wing to front in angle with hall range and subsidiary stack to hall range behind ridge on right.

Interior: chamfered cross and spine beams to right-hand room of hall range with spine beam and heavy joists in room to left.

Listing NGR: SJ4724105658

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26307353

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  For the Record