Description

ALLENSMORE CP -
SO 43 NE
3/14 Lower Mawfield Farmhouse
26.1.67
GV II

Farmhouse. Probably C17 with earlier origins and later alterations. Timber-
frame with brick infill and brick rear wall. Hipped Welsh slate roof and brick
ridge stack. U-plan with main range aligned roughly north/south and return
wings to east. Two storeys and attics. West elevation has four windows, mid-
C20 glazing bar casements, one to each of four exposed timber-framed gables.
In ground floor of left gable is a 3-light mid-C19 casement with a segmental
head. Right gable has another C20 casement to left of which is an early C20
glazed porch with two gables. Both the right and left gables have V-struts
above their collars. The latter also has two parallel angle struts to each
corner post, and a vertical post between the V-struts. Frame has roughly square
but irregular panels. Rear elevation has segmentally headed casements to brick
main range. The left and right gables have exposed timber-framing. Tallet stairs
rise from north over a kennel to door on right hand side of left gable. Interior
(not inspected) noted by RCHM as having C17 staircase, moulded ceiling beams and
other early features. (RCHM Vol I, p 18).

Listing NGR: SO4521936493

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26632144

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)