Description

HUNTINGTON CP HUNTINGTON
SO 25 SE
2/111
19/8/53
Lower House Farmhouse
(Formerly Listed as Lower
House)
II

Farmhouse. Late C16, altered and refaced mid- to late C18 with further
mid-C19 and mid-C20 alterations. Timber-framed, partly rendered and partly
refaced or rebuilt in rubble with rubble additions. Slate roofs; roof of
main range is half-hipped at east end and hipped at west end. T-plan; main
range of three bays aligned east/west with intersecting cross-wing of two
framed bays at east end. Cross-wing has an external rendered rubble chimney
with moulded capping to stack at its west side elevation. Two storeys and
attic. Framing: not visible externally. North front elevation: main range
has two ground floor windows, one is blocked and has a rusticated lintel
and raised keyblock, the other has a 3-light C19 casement. There are two
3-light casements and a 2-light casement on the first floor, all with
rusticated lintels and raised keyblocks. Main entrance to left has a C20
gabled timber porch and a ledged and battened door. Cross-wing to right has
a first floor 3-light casement at its gable end and there is a door in the
angle with a blind, pointed transom light. Attic light at east end. A single-
bay C19 wing adjoins the east end of two storeys. It has a first floor 2-light
casement with a re-used held corbel beneath the sill and a partly-glazed C20
door in its north elevation. C20 single-storey addition to rear left.
Interior not inspected by the c oss-wing framing is said to be intact and have
square panels. (RCHM, III, p 77, item 13).

Listing NGR: SO2504853682

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26360947

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
• 
  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
• 
  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
• 
  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)