Description

ASHWATER
SX 39 NE
3/2 Berrington Farmhouse
- II

Farmhouse. C17 core, lower end rebuilt in the C19. Cob on stone footings,
whitewashed and rendered, slate roof gabled at ends. At the left end a projecting
C19 stone rubble stack with set-offs with coping heats the lower end room, brick
chimney shaft on ridge to hall stack, brick chimney shaft to right gable end stack
heating the inner room. 3 room and cross or through passage plan with rear addition.
The hall stack backs on to the passage. The lower end appears to have been entirely
rebuilt in the C19 and the inner room may originally have been unheated with a stack
added in the C19. A C19 stair has been inserted in the passage. 2 storeys.
Asymmetrical 4-window front, slightly advanced to the hall with a gabled C19 brick
porch and C19 front door leading into the passage. Two 2-light circa late C19
casements with glazing bars, the remainder of the fenestration is C20 with glazing
bars in enlarged embrasures.
Interior The hall has a large fireplace with chamfered lintel with diagonal stops
on rebuilt stone rubble jambs. 3 axial beams, the central beam chamfered with ogee
stops. C19 inner room chimney piece with decorative tiling. The left gable end
fireplace is large with stone rubble jambs, lintel concealed. Principal rafters
visible in the first floor rooms are straight. C19 estate roof trusses.

Listing NGR: SX3852897343

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26617801

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House