Description

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SD 47 SE
3/196

SILVERDALE,
NEW ROAD,
Slackwood Farmhouse

2.5.1968

II*

House, late C17 origins, largely rebuilt 1713 by William Walling (dendro-dated roof and stair) with C19 alterations. Rendered rubble with slate roof. Deep double-pile plan of unusually early date, with gable stacks. 2 storeys with attics. South wall altered in C19, of 2 bays with windows having wooden mullions and transoms and a central doorway with plain reveals. East gable faces road, with a ground floor window having plain reveals, a 3-light rebated and chamfered mullioned window on the 1st floor, and a similar 2-light window to the attic. Also lighting the attic is a horizontal sliding sash with glazing bars and plain reveals. West gable has a 1-light chamfered window on the ground floor, a window with plain reveals to the 1st floor and 2 2-light rebated and chamfered attic windows. High up under the eaves is a blocked ?-light chamfered window. North wall retains its rebated and chamfered mullioned windows, with one of 2 light to the left, one of 3 lights to the right and a later window with plain reveals between, with a coal hole to the cellar having chamfered sides. On the 1st floor there is a 3-light window at the right-hand side with 2 3-light windows in the centre, one above the other, lighting the stairs. Gables have copings and kneelers.

Listing NGR: SD4744774569

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17531819

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)