Description

TWITCHEN
SS 7830-7930
17/219 Lower House Farmhouse and adjoining
- stable
GV II
Farmhouse. Mid-C17, possibly incorporating an earlier core, with mid-C20
alterations. Mid-to late C19 stable. Cement-rendered cob and stone. Gable-ended
asbestos-slate roof, with half-hipped wheatstraw thatched roof over left-hand end.
Slate roof over lean-to additions at rear. C17 stone stacks with weatherings and C19
red-brick tops. Stone rubble stable with red-brick dressings, rendered to front,
and gable-ended corrugated-iron roof.
Plan and development: C17 probable 3-room and cross passage plan, facing west (site
falls to right). Hall with external lateral stack to rear, probable former cross
passage and service room to right with integral end stack, and former inner room
(present kitchen) to left with integral end stack. Probably C18 one-roomed addition
to left. Lean-to dairy at rear of left-hand end, probably a C18 or C19 addition.
Small C19 lean-to addition at rear of right-hand end too. Front door inserted in
former inner room, probably when left-hand end room added. Staircase between central
hall and right-hand room, probably inserted in a former cross-passage. Front eaves
of C17 range raised at some time, possibly when house was refenestrated in the mid-
C20. Stable added at right-hand end in the mid-to late C19. The plan suggests that
this might be a C17 remodelling of a late-Medieval hall house. Two storeys with one-
storey lean-to additions. Stable of one storey and loft.
Exterior: Asymmetrical 4-window front. First-floor C20 centre-hung metal casements
to right. Ground-floor C20 two-light metal casement to right. C19 two-light wooden
casement to hall and C20 top-hung metal casement to present kitchen. Small ground-
floor 2-light wooden casement to left-hand end. Cross passage doorway off-centre to
right, with C19 boarded door, C19 chamfered wooden frame wooden lintel and C19 gabled
porch on shaped brackets. C19 boarded door to kitchen at left, also with chamfered
wooden frame. Stable adjoining to right with two C19 two-light wooden windows and
central C20 half-height boarded door with wooden lintel. Lateral stack to rear of
house with chamfered offsets. Boarded loft door to rear of stable.
Interior: Hall with C17 ovolo-moulded cross beam. Probably C18 segmental arched
recesses flanking fireplace to rear with triple keys. C18 plaster ceiling. C18 six-
panelled doors from entrance lobby to left-and right-hand rooms, with beaded pegged
moulded architraves. Old boarded door between hall and left-hand room (present
kitchen). Kitchen with rough-hewn cross beams, and C17 fireplace at rear with
splayed stone jambs, wooden lintel and C19 mantelshelf. C19 bench alongside right-
hand wall. Old boarded door leading to diary at rear of kitchen, with old strap
hinges. First-floor C18 six-panelled doors too. Roof-space not inspected.

Listing NGR: SS7894630404

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26510362

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6