History

Second-half C17 storied farmhouse of 2 separate, yet connected domestic units; an unusual extension of the unit system. Dated 1666 on a former screen, the main accommodation, occupied the 3 right-hand bays and the lesser (parental?) accommodation formed the 3 L bays; these lack the refinement in detailing of the main rooms, yet the range is clearly of a single build and the units were divided formerly by an internal post-and-panel screen.

Exterior

Rubble on one-and-a-half stories with a modern slate roof; stone-coped and kneelered gable parapets with end chimneys with weather-coursing and capping. Entrance with flanking, irregular windows to each unit; inappropriate modern doors and glazing throughout. 4 irregularly-
spaced gabled dormers to roof, 2 to each unit; modern glazing to windows as before. Central gabled extension to rear, a mid/third-quarter C19 remodelling of an earlier, though not primary lean-to addition. Further modern windows (original openings). Small Ty bach lean-to to R.

Interior

Large fireplaces to both gable ends of the 2 units; that to R with ogee-stopped chamfered bressummer and pegged oak frame to former shelved salt-box recess to L (a child's boot and some animal bones were recently found when this was re-opened). The opposite fireplace has cruder run-off stops. Ogee-stopped ceiling joists and beams to upper (R) ceilings and mostly original run-off stopped beams to the L unit. Modern part-open wall and screen now divide the unit spaces; an ex-situ door-head section bearing the carved date 1666 belonged to the (recently destroyed) screen. 6-bay roof to upper floor with original oak boarded screens dividing bays 3 and 4 and part of 4 and 5. The truss between 5 and 6 has been replaced; the remainder are original upper-cruck trusses with pegged collars.

Reasons for Listing

Listed notwithstanding modern alterations as an unusual C17 domestic building plan-type with some surviving internal detail.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29493755

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
• 
  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
• 
  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
• 
  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock