Description

CHURCHSTOW WARCOMBE
SX 74 NW
5/82 Lower Warcombe Farmhouse
- II
Farmhouse. Possibly C17; C19 fenestration. Rubble, but some coursed stone,
slate roof. Probably lobby-entry with porch opposite large ridge stack and deep
projecting stair turret just to left of stack; lower back corner with added
outshut under long swept-down roof. Front, away from road, 2 storeys, gabled
porch with a wide plank stable door under a 1½-light glazing bar casement; inner
door plank, and deep small recess left side of porch inside. To the right a
2-light horizontal bar casement and a blocked opening; stone drip to right
opening: 2-light at first floor. Left of porch a 24-pane casement below a
2-light horizontal bar. North gable has 2-light 24-pane casement to a floating
drip course and, left, in outshut, a 2-light opening with gauze fill; at first
floor a small 2-light glazing-bar. Rounded outer corner to swept-down section,
and the building set direct on rock to north-west corner. Back has offset stair
turret with small 2-light casement, and low left a 4-pane fixed light; towards
left end, at eaves, a small square brick stack. The central stack, with charac-
teristic truncated pyramidal capping, very large, with weathering stone sugges-
ting earlier thatch. South gable is plain. Interior not inspected, but may be
of interest, as exterior very unaltered in C20.

Listing NGR: SX7334847447

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26401936

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback