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Fron Farmhouse

A Grade II Listed Building in Weston Rhyn, Shropshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.91 / 52°54'36"N

Longitude: -3.093 / 3°5'34"W

OS Eastings: 326594

OS Northings: 335292

OS Grid: SJ265352

Mapcode National: GBR 71.NR67

Mapcode Global: WH78K.G3DY

Plus Code: 9C4RWW64+2R

Entry Name: Fron Farmhouse

Listing Date: 2 September 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1178162

English Heritage Legacy ID: 255815

ID on this website: 101178162

Location: Rhos, Shropshire, SY10

County: Shropshire

Civil Parish: Weston Rhyn

Traditional County: Shropshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Shropshire

Church of England Parish: Weston Rhyn St John

Church of England Diocese: Lichfield

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Description


SJ 23 NE
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WESTON RHYN CP
FRON
Fron Farmhouse

II
Farmhouse. Dated 1692 with later additions and alterations and extension dated 1905. Painted uncoursed limestone rubble with roughly dressed angle quoins; slate roofs. Original L-plan with 1905 addition in angle to left.

Two storeys plus gable-lit attic to cross-wing of C17 part. Mainly early C20 casements, one on each floor to gable of cross-wing and to gable of C20 addition. Back wall has similar windows, irregularly spaced on five different levels, including one lighting staircase. Entrance through early C20 door under contemporary lean-to hood to left of cross-wing. External end stack to left of main range and large external lateral stack of narrow red bricks and rubblestone to cross wing, tops of both rebuilt in early C20 red brick. Contemporary red brick ridge stack to rear of C20 addition. Roof apparently reconstructed 1905 with contemporary projecting double-purlin ends to gables. Early C20 datestone "1692" to apex of cross-wing gable and date "1905" carved on tie beam of C20 addition. C19 rubblestone outbuildings (partly enclosing external stack) attached to right wall of cross-wing and projecting to front.

INTERIOR: front room of cross-wing has chamfered spine beams with straight-cut stops and infilled inglenook fireplace to right wall. C17 dog-leg staircase to left of passage in main range and in line with entrance rises to attic and has unusually carved splat balusters, moulded handrail and plain newel-posts.

Listing NGR: SJ2659435292

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