Description

SJ 40 SW CHURCH PULVERBATCH C.P. CHURCH PULVERBATCH

8/26 Lower House (formerly
- listed as Lower House
29.1.52 including gate piers)
GV II

Shown on O.S. map as Lower House Farmhouse.
Farmhouse, now house. Early to mid-C18 appearance, incorporating C17 house,
later additions and alterations. Red brick (random bond) on moulded stone
plinth with plastered stone angle quoins and ashlar parapet, plain tile
roofs. C18 facade to 3-bay timber framed house with 2 gabled ranges at
right-angles to rear. 2 1/2 storeys; 5 bays, glazing bar sashes (now horned)
with gauged heads and raised plastered keystones, moulded stone cills; attic
storey lit by 3 glazing bar sashes, has richly moulded cornice marking
position of former eaves (interrupted under windows); central entrance
6-panel door (top panels glazed) under canopied hood supported on scrolled
cast-iron brackets; prominent external stepped end stack to left and integral
end stack to right. Salop Fire Insurance Plate numbered 5335 over central
first-floor window. Interior: staircase to central hall with elegant turned
balusters much repaired in late C20; C17 panelling (probably not in situ)
on right wall of hall; principal rafters and struts of roof of C17 house
exposed in attic. B.o.E., p.100.

Listing NGR: SJ4305802887

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26469780

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Recommended Books

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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  For the Record
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)