Description

MINSTERWORTH A48
SO 71 NE
(south side)
5/84 Upper Moorcroft Farmhouse
II
Farmhouse. C16 or C17, altered C18, mid C19. Flemish-bond
brickwork with flush stone quoins to front; part rear close-
studded, brick-nogged timber framing; tiled roof. Three-window
front, 2 1/2 storeys, one room deep, rear wing left. Front: ashlar
plinth, sash window with wide glazing bars right, cambered head,
stepped stone voussoirs, projecting keystone. To right of centre,
single storey, gabled late C20 brick porch, half-glazed door, 2-
light metal casement in returns. To left, 16-pane sash window,
narrow glazing bars, head as window on right. First floor 3
irregularly-spaced 16-pane sashes, flat heads, otherwise as below.
Plain parapet, parapet gables to ends and off-centre to right on
front, last with oval window, plain stone surround with 4
projecting keys. Ridge chimneys each end and one bay from left.
Right return brickwork renewed to half-way up first floor, older
above, with outline of chimney. Timber-framing on rear right as
viewed from front. Interior not inspected. Said to have been an
inn at one time.

Listing NGR: SO7979318359

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26383667

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
• 
  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)