Description

STEEPLE ASHTON HIGH STREET
ST 95 NW
(east side)
7/231 Church Farmhouse
11.9.68
GV II

Farmhouse. Mid C16, extended mid and late C17. Square-panelled
timber framing with brick nogging, partly pebbledashed, stone slate
roof with stone and brick stacks. T-plan. Two-storey, 2-window.
C19 gabled porch with 6-panelled door to right of C17 front,
sidelights, 4-light casement to left. First floor has 3-light and
4-light casement, triple-gabled roof, the right hand gable larger.
Left return has segmental-headed casement, 2-light casement and 2-
light wood mullioned window to ground floor, 3-light and 2-light
first floor casements, part of timber-frame exposed. C16 cross
range to right has stone plinth with short buttresses, early C20
five-light casement to ground floor and 3-light to first of gable
end, right return facing Church Street has C20 casements to dressed
limestone ground floor to right of large lateral stone stack with
offsets, timber-framing to left of stack with tension braces,
timber-framed first floor has three 2-light casements. C17 rear
wing with square-panelled timber-frame on rubble stone plinth, rear
has inserted garage door and casements to first floor. Rear of
main range has early C20 lean-to extension.
Interior has chamfered beams in C17 ranges, moulded beams in C16
range, open fireplaces. Front gable end of C16 wing originally
jettied, altered C19.
(VCH, Wiltshire, Vol 8, 1965)

Listing NGR: ST9056357062

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26553125

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