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ST 58 SW and ST 58 SE
10/243 and 11/243

PILNING AND SEVERN BEACH
SEVERN ROAD (east side)
Whitehouse Farmhouse and Cider Cottage

(Formerly listed as Whitehouse Farmhouse)

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Farmhouse. C17 with later alterations. Rubble with stone dressings, pantiled roof with brick and rubble gable stacks and ridge stack. Through passage plan. Front now at rear, to south of two storeys and five windows, ground floor has five wooden cross windows to right, one a C20 replacement, three-light fixed window with chamfered mullions and iron stanchions to left, C20 porch and door; first floor has three cross windows with C20 glazing to right, to left with leaded top lights, two C20 windows to left; single storey three-bay wing to left has roof with tie-beam, collar and upper collar, two rows of purlins and plated yoke, hooks in beams, right return has small fixed light in gable. Rear has catslide roof with extension at rear (formerly roofed area with piers), roof-lights, two-pane fixed light and two C20 doors.

Interior: plank and batten door with studs, strap hinges and loops for draw-bar in moulded frame to rear of passage, bread oven, copper, pump with bowl in rear area, deep chamfered beams and chamfered lintel to fireplace in former dairy. Ground floor rooms have plank and batten doors, chamfered and scroll stopped beams, shutters to windows with strap hinges, front centre room has cupboard to each side of fireplace. Winder stair to first floor, two rooms to east divided by oak panelling, central room has large cupboard with plank and batten door with fine strap hinges set into panelling, decorative open ventilation panel with pierced hearts to each side, heart tops to latches;
CHEESE ROOM painted on door to attic stair, splat balusters with fillet between each, five-bay roof to east of ridge stack with two rows of purlins, ridge purlin and plated yoke to principal rafters; small unglazed window with shutters and iron stanchions to each side of stack, indicating west end of house formerly single storey, no oak panelling at west end of first floor.

Listing NGR: ST5500184648

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26606994

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings