Description

SJ 22 NE
5/160

OSWESTRY RURAL C.P.
A 483 (west side)
Lower Sweeney Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse. Probably c.1840 but possibly on earlier site. Dressed
coursed sandstone blocks with painted ashlar dressings, slate roofs
with coped verges on stone kneelers. H-plan with central hall range
flanked by gabled cross-wings in late C17 vernacular style. 2 storeys,
moulded eaves cornice; 1:2:1 bays, mid-C19 wooden mullioned and transomed
windows with moulded dripstones and metal glazing bars (2 lights to hall
range and 3 to cross-wings), that to upper left in oriel, rectangular
chamfered slit openings to gables; windows to left return (except lower
right) blind and painted in imitation; gabled porch in angle with left
gable has coped verges on stone kneelers, elliptical outer arch with
blank armorial shield above and panelled inner door with latticed
sidelights; yellow brick ridge stacks with 4 attached octagonal shafts
to left and right of hall range and to right gable, which extends to
rear. Interior: parallel unchamfered ceiling beams in ground-floor
rooms; C19 staircase and plank and panelled doors. A prominently
sited house included as an unaltered example of the C19 revival of a
style similar to substantial C17 farmhouses in the region.

Listing NGR: SJ2848625385

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26648865

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (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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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (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