Description

PERSHORE

SO9446 NEWLANDS
648-1/4/188 (North side)
No.100
Amerie Court

GV II

Farmhouse. Probably C16 and C17, much altered and refronted
early C19, with later alterations. Front range stuccoed with
rustication to ground floor and scored lines above; rear range
of painted stone, brick, and timber-framing, partly
pebble-dashed. Plain tile roofs with some old tiles to rear;
brick end-stacks.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and cellar. 3-window range with earlier
rear range at right angles further extended to rear. Moulded
eaves cornice; 1st-floor plat band; chamfered plinth;
rusticated quoins; brick-dentilled eaves to return.
Replacement casement windows, larger on ground floor, of 4
lights to centre of 1st floor, otherwise 3 lights, all with
roughly-moulded channelled voussoirs, keystones and painted
sills. Similar head to cellar-opening on left. Central porch
with heavy cornice and round-arched doorway leading to
doorcase with panelled reveals, 3-pane overlight and 6-panel
part-glazed door.
Rear: 2 timber-framed and brick gables; unrenewed 6:6:6-pane
glazing with opening casement; earlier range, at right angles,
has altered roof-pitch.
INTERIOR: front range has doorcases and shutters with panelled
reveals, 6-panel doors, dado rail, grey marble fireplace,
curved brick wall to hall/cellar; earlier range retains
chimney and some timber-framing, including former rear wall
with window mullions incorporated into extension.
HISTORICAL NOTE: this is one of the three early farmhouses of
Pershore. It was formerly owned by recusants and in the C18
had links with Joseph Haydn.

Listing NGR: SO9436046022

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26398225

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)