Description

LOWER ROAD
TQ 75 SW EAST FARLEIGH
(South Side)
2/55 St. Helens
6.3.74 II
House. Late C16 or early C17, with early C18 addition, mid-to-late C18
front range, rear and C19 additions. Front range: channelled render.
Plain tile roof. 2 storeys, attic and cellar on brick plinth. Central
bay breaks forward very slightly, with moulded imposts flanking first-
floor windows and raised bases above plinth suggesting Doric pilasters.
Shallow moulded stuccoed plat band between ground and first-floor windows,
interrupted by central bay, and above first-floor windows, carried across
central bay. Plain stone-coped parapet with raised panel to central bay.
Hipped roof. Rear stacks to left and right. 3 hipped and corniced
dormers. Regular 5-window front of recessed 12-pane sashes. Raised panel
over central ground-floor window. Later bow window with blind box to left
gable end. No doorway. Late C16 or early C17 timber-framed rear wing to
right with doorway in long right side. Short early C18 single-storey
galleted stone addition to right side of wing, in angle with main range,
with thick glazing bars to rear sash window, and with gable end stack to
right. Rear range to left of circa 1890. Interior: only partly inspected.
Ovolo-moulded beams and hollow-chamfered joists to rear ground-floor
room. Stairs beside right stack. Early C18 niche behind later C18
panelling to short right addtion. 2 panelled and corniced rooms to front
range, each with fireplace.

Listing NGR: TQ7248853442

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26541779

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Recommended Books

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)