Description

WALFORD CP -
SO 52 SE

4/62 Lower Wythall

10.5.53
II

House. Probably late C16 with C17 additions. Timber-framing on stone
plinth with slate roof. H-plan. Two storeys with attic. Framed mostly
in square panels. Windows mostly C20 casements. Recessed centre of two
bays, with door to left of second bay. Left-hand cross-wing rendered on
ground floor with one window, with two windows on first floor. The gable
truss has struts between tie-beam and collar and V-struts above. The
right-hand cross-wing is independently framed and has timbers of lighter
scantling forming smaller panels. The ground floor is blind. The first
and attic floors have small windows. The gable truss has struts between
tie-beam and collar and vertical struts above. Stone chimney stack projects
from return wall of left-hand cross-wing. Large stack, with two flues,
projects from rear wall of hall. Interior: not fully accessible at time of
survey. Door opens into cross-passage with remains of original service room
partition walls to right. Hall, to left, has chamfered ceiling beams. Late
C17 stair has closed string and turned balusters.

Listing NGR: SO5958120821

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26391757

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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