Description

This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 28/08/2018

SJ 60 NW
7/154

WROXETER C.P.,
RUSHTON,
Upper Farmhouse

(Formerly listed as Upper House Farmhouse)

II
Farmhouse. Dated 1675, remodelled in mid-to late C19. Timber-framed, ground floor refaced in red brick and first floor rendered; plain-tile roof. Baffle-entry plan of two framed bays. Two storeys and gable-lit attic. Central brick ridge stack consisting of rectangular base with lozenge-shaped date stone inscribed: "S/FE/1675/GS" and weathering, and three star-plan shafts with moulded caps.

Two-window front. Two first-floor C19 two-light windows with straight-sided arched heads and chamfered reveals; two ground-floor three-light C19 wooden casements with transoms; central C19 gabled brick porch with chamfered arch. One-storey C19 brick addition to left and ground-floor C19 canted bay in right-hand return front; C17 stair tower and C19 additions at rear.

Interior: chamfered beams; large open fireplace with chamfered lintel in ground floor room; C17 staircase in stair tower to rear; C17 door to cellar.

Listing NGR: SJ6066708079

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26518618

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas