Description

BRILLEY CP -
SO 25 SE
SO 24 NE
2/1 Crossway Farmhouse
5/1 and adjoining haybarn
- II
Farmhouse, now store, and adjoining haybarn. C17, extended probably mid-C18
with mid-C19 alterations. Part painted rubble, part timber-framed with
painted brick and wattle-and-daub infill on rubble base, some weatherboarding
and stone tiled roof laid in diminishing courses with rubble and blue brick
ridge stack. Five bays aligned north-east/south-west; three original framed
bays situated to north-east with large chimney at junction with rubble part.
Single storey and attic with dormers. Framing: two panels from sill to wall-
plate. No trusses visible externally. South-east front elevation: windows
are mainly C19 casements. The two rubble bays to the left have a 2-light
ground floor window, a gabled dormer with a 2-light C20 casement and two doors,
one ledged and battened, the other partly glazed. The three framed bays have
two 3-light windows and a multi-paned metal window, a gabled dormer with a 2-
light window and the main entrance which has a ledged and battened door with
a moulded architrave and also a double doorway. Interior: framed part has
a roof with collar and tie-beam truss with struts, a large fireplace with a
C19 range and a winder staircase to the rear of the fireplace. Haybarn adjoins
north-east end. C17. Timber-framed and weatherboarded on rubble base with
corrugated metal roof. Two framed bays. Ledged and battened door and
shuttered opening in south-east elevation. Interior: wall-framing has two
rows of panels from sill to wall-plate and large straight braces in the lower
corners. Collar and tie-beam trusses with struts and intermediate arch-braced
tie-beam truss with swept raking struts. Two tiers of trenched purlins.
(RCHM, III, p 24, item 14).

Listing NGR: SO2680050001

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26361368

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