Description

SEMLEY SEMLEY VILLAGE
ST 82 NE (north side)

3/183 Church Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse. C16 with C17 wing, altered late C19. Rubble stone and
dressed limestone, tiled roof, brick stacks. Through passage to
rear of stack. Single-storey and attic, 2-window earlier range.
Central gabled porch wth 4-panelled door in elliptically-headed
doorway, single chamfered fire window to left and 4-light recessed
chamfered mullioned casement either side of porch. Two full gabled
dormers have 3-light mullioned casements. Left return has blocked
pointed doorway and fragments of string course over. C17 cross
range to right has 3-light recessed chamfered mullioned casement to
ground and first floor and string course on left return, gable end
has C19 three-storey square bay with 4-light mullioned casements,
right return of wing has central 3-panelled door with 3-light
mullioned casement with hoodmould either side and single light
casement with 3-light mullioned casement left and right to first
floor, gabled dormer to roof. Rear has 6-panelled door and 3-light
muliioned casement with 2-light attic casement to main range, wing,
has 2-light mullioned casements.
Interior largely inaccessible, but through passage has fine strap-
work panelling on left side, deeply chamfered beams, open
fireplaces with chamfered lintels on stone jambs. Possibly a
Medieval house remodelled and extended in the C17.

Listing NGR: ST8924126982

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26439239

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)