Description

SO 92 NE PRESCOTT PRESCOTT

8/154 Chapel Close Farm

II

Marked as Orchard Farm on 6in O.S. map. Farmhouse. Late C16-early
C17. Square-panelled timber-framing and coursed squared and
dressed limestone with large dressed stone quoins; slate roof with
ashlar stack. Rectangular-plan with wash-house extension to the
north gable end. Later lean-to extension to rear, not of special
interest. Single-storey and attic with single-storey wash-house
extension. Twin-gabled east front: C20 two-light casement with
glazing bars and a 9-pane sash to the ground floor. Both ground
floor windows with glazing bars. C20 three-light casements with
leaded panes to each gable; small attic window with shutter
towards the apex of the left-hand gable. C19 plank door off-centre
left. Projecting gable-end stack. Timber framing to rear largely
obscured by later extension.
Interior of principal downstairs room: some reused C17 panelling
reputed to come from the chapel which formerly stood nearby; spine
beam with moulded stops; joists with moulded stops; open
fireplace with bressumer, now blocked; curved wind bracing to
roof.

Listing NGR: SO9858529497

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26383975

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)