Description

WOOLFARDISWORTHY WOOLFARDISWORTHY
SS 32 SE

5/229 Town Farmhouse

- II

Farmhouse. Mid C17, early C18 addition at the rear, C19 refenestration, some
late C19 internal arrangement. Rendered and whitewashed stone walls, bitumenised
slate roof, brick shafts to the stacks. Plan: 2 room and through passage plan
with hall to left and a kitchen to the right, in the C19 the through-passage was
widened into the hall and a staircase inserted. Early C18 wings at rear with
early C19 dairy added to right. Exterior: 2 storeys, 3 windows on the front
with C19 2-light casements with glazing bars on the first floor, 20-pane double-
hung sash windows on the ground floor. Central door opening with a half-glazed
door: Early C19 gabled porch. Wing to right rear with C19 casements. Interior:
The ground floor kitchen with 2 cross-beams, chamfered with ogee stops the other
plastered, fireplace altered. To the right of the fireplace there is hollow which
probably retained the original staircase. Hall to centre with C19 staircase.
The parlour to left with ovolo-moulded cross-beam with an ogee stop with a preceding
fillet; fireplace altered. The wing at the rear with fitted bench on 3 sides
for a table. On the first floor a mid C17 cupboard in the room over the parlour
which has 2 doors to what was probably a hanging cupboard with mannerist panelling,
2 draws under, probably intended for clothes.

Listing NGR: SS3320720941

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26542565

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Recommended Books

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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)