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The Firs Farmhouse

A Grade II Listed Building in Astley, Shropshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.764 / 52°45'50"N

Longitude: -2.6978 / 2°41'52"W

OS Eastings: 353008

OS Northings: 318717

OS Grid: SJ530187

Mapcode National: GBR 7K.YZ25

Mapcode Global: WH8BG.JSJF

Plus Code: 9C4VQ872+JV

Entry Name: The Firs Farmhouse

Listing Date: 2 April 1992

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1096911

English Heritage Legacy ID: 361541

ID on this website: 101096911

Location: Astley, Shropshire, SY4

County: Shropshire

Civil Parish: Astley

Traditional County: Shropshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Shropshire

Church of England Parish: Astley St Mary

Church of England Diocese: Lichfield

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Description


The following building shall be added to the list:_

ASTLEY
SJ 51 NW
1584-0/7/10000 The Firs Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse. Mid-late C18. Red brick in Flemish Bond, plain tile
roof. 2 storeys and attic with wing to rear left and later
infill to rear right; 3 bays. Central part-glazed door in
wooden frame flanked on ground and first floor by segmentally-
arched 3-light windows now with C20 iron casements; segmentally-
arched recess over the door. Dentilled eaves. Upstanding verges
with brick copings and projecting end stacks. Left return: wing
has 2 altered windows each beneath broader segmental arch.
Interior: basket-arched fireplace recesses to ground floor on
right and in rear wing. Original beamed ceilings with twin spine
beams; the date "1760" set out in nailheads on spine beam in
ground floor right room. Stair in rear wing has square newels
and rectangular rods and rises to the attic.
Cast-iron fire baskets in first floor rooms.


Listing NGR: SJ5300818717

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