Description

SO 76 NW SHELSLEY KINGS CP B 4203 (south side)

2/168 Meneatt Farmhouse

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- II

Farmhouse. C15, altered late C16 - early C17 and C19. Timber-frame with
painted brick infill and brick rebuilding to the former; plain tiled roof
and off centre back stacks. Former hall with cross-passage to the left
and rebuilt T-plan solar wing at the right. Hall range: single storey and
attics and 2 bays with C19 and C20 casements and large dormer windows.
Solar range: 2 storeys and attics, single bay to the front and side
elevations and 2 bays to rear elevation which has close studding; 3- and
4-light casement windows, some with chamfered mullions; former lean-to
porch in re-entrant angle and projecting brick stack to rear with linked
angular chimneys. Interior: one full cruck truss, cut off at lower level,
in centre of hall range and a further cruck truss is embedded in the
west wall, adjoining solar range; inserted chamfered beam ceiling in hall
with re-used moulded beam with fragment of recessed panelling to upper
part. Chamfered beams with scrolled stops in solar wing; framed ceiling in
ground floor front room.

Listing NGR: SO7252265362

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26589910

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)