Description

WORTHEN C.P. -
SJ 30 SE

6/99 Venus Bank Farmhouse

- 21/3/68

- II

Farmhouse. C1600 with later additions and alterations. Timber framed
with painted brick infill, cladding and rebuilding, roughcast to rear
of hall range; concrete tile roof. Hall range apparently of 4 framed
bays with 11-bay cross-wing projecting to right. 2 storeys. Framing:
hall range has irregular small square panels, 4 from cill to wall-
plate, with long and short straight tension braces, V-struts from collar
to right gable end; cross-wing has close studding beneath girding beam
with long straight tension braces, one square panel above and jowled
wall-posts to gable. Late C19 fenestration to hall range and left
side of cross-wing; one 3-light casement on each floor to hall range
with small top-hung casement to left and one segemental-headed 3-light
casement on ground-floor of cross-wing. C20 nail-studded door in angle
between ranges. Late C20 casements to right gable end of hall range
and right side of cross-wing including to prominent contempory gabled
dormer in roof slope. Prominent axial rubblestone ridge stack in 2
sections directly above door to hall range and external rubblestone
stack (with C20 red brick top) to gable of cross-wing. C19 rubblestone
lean-to dairy with plain tile roof to rear on right of hall range.
Interior: inspection not possible at time of resurvey (December 1985)
but noted as having chamfered cross-beam ceiling to cross-wing; left
ground-floor room of hall range has massive deep-chamfered cross-beam
with heavy joists. C20 stone fireplaces to both hall range and cross-
wing.

Listing NGR: SJ3531701250

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26470770

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)