Description

SJ 74 SE WHITMORE C.P. HEATH ROAD, Limepits

5/174 Lake House

II

Farmhouse, now house. C17 with considerable later additions and alterations,
principally of late C19 and mid-to-late C20. Timber framed on sandstone
plinth with painted brick infill and additions; late C19 machine tiled
roofs with fishscale bands. Hall and cross-wing extended and converted.
2 storeys; hall probably of 2½ framed bays with slightly projecting
jettied cross-wing to right. Framing: much renewed; irregular square
and rectangular panels with short tension braces; jowled wall post to
left gable end, which is partly brick clad. Irregular fenestration,
3 small mid-C20 casements to ground floor and 3 to first. Jettied cross-
wing much altered; late C20 door and flanking windows to ground, planted
framing and C20 bay window above. 2-storeyed late C19 painted brick
addition to rear with C20 ridge stack; a further extension to right of
cross-wing has C20 timber framing in imitation of C17 work.

Listing NGR: SJ7982341612

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26501708

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5