Description

STOKE ON TRENT

SJ85SE WHITFIELD ROAD, Ball Green
613-1/2/2 (South West side)
Fir Tree Farmhouse and cottage

II

Farm house and adjoining cottage. Early C17. Coursed and
squared rubble with plain tiled roof. 2-storeyed hall range
with coped gabled cross wing to west. Entrance against stack
at eastern end, with roughly moulded stone lintel, and
inserted windows to central section, stone mullioned windows
survive in projecting gable of western bay, and in the rear of
this wing, the original hood mould survives above an inserted
door and window. Added wing to rear faced in C19 brick, but
with main beam and fireplace bressumer inside which suggest
the refacing of an earlier structure. The cottage which
adjoins to the east is possibly built around an original cross
wing of the farm house: there is a blocked doorway in the
present entrance porch, and traces of possible timbering
visible in the walls of the present later C19 cottage. This is
a single unit, but tall double-pile plan.

Listing NGR: SJ8860052540

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26505940

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the 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
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas