Description

SO 85 NW COTHERIDGE CP LOWER BROADHEATH

4/33 Upper Lightwood Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse. C17 or earlier, altered in C19 and mid C20. Timber-framed, brick
refacing and replacement walling, tiled roofs, large brick external stack with
tiled offsets to rear and 2 external brick stacks to left side elevation and one
to right side elevation. Hall and cross-wing type plan. Main range of 2 framed
bays; 2 bay cross-wing. Two storeys, attic and cellar; there is a dentilled
eaves cornice to the side elevation of the cross-wing. Front elevation has C20
casements, 3 on ground floor of main range, one in position of blocked doorway
and 2 on the first floor. The cross-wing gable end has a parapet and a ground
and first floor window and an attic light. Interior Roof has queen strut trusses
and single trenched purlins. Main beams are stop chamfered.
The farmhouse is situated on a moated site that had recently been filled in
when the survey was carried out (June 1984).

Listing NGR: SO8035055646

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26363039

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014