Description

SK 03 NE ROCESTER C.P. ROCESTER

8/171 Banks Farmhouse

12/1/66 II*

Farmhouse. Early C18. Red brick; hipped clay tile roof; brick
integral end stack and ridge stack. L-shape plan with 5 sides of
an octagonal tower projecting from the outer corner to the south;
Provincial Baroque with early castellated detail and mannered brick-
work. SW elevation: 2 storeys on high basement, pilaster strip to
left with stone insets as caps to each floor, 3-storey crenellated tower
also on basement, first floor band and boldly moulded eaves cornice
continued and broken around tower; 2 bays, the right hand one being
the tower with windows to each face, mostly blind, segmental headed
casements with panelled aprons, the left hand windows have mannered
rustication and surrounds and are in a slight break which extends to
the eaves cornice; this is emphasized by the use of stone 'caps'
above each window jamb forming an effective rusticated pilaster
strip, the windows of the tower are not so side and are distinguished by
sill band to each floor, simply moulded architraves and boldly
projecting triple keystones; blocked oval oculus to second floor
centre of tower; tower has basement door to left. Interior: Open
well staircase with turned balusters; 2 fireplaces in tower with
raised keys; 2 pairs of upper crucks, one pair elbowed. Situated on
the edge of a hill overlooking the Dove Valley. B.O.E. P.226.

Listing NGR: SK0990838959

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17557429

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)