Description

SJ 40 NW PONTESBURY C.P. PLEALEY

4/219 Plealey House and
- attached stables

GV II

Farmhouse, now divided into 2 houses. Probably C17 with later re-modelling.
Rendered brick probably concealing timber frame, slate roofs. Original plan
a hall with cross-wing to north-east; later in C17 another cross-wing was
added to south-west and in early C19 a gabled wing to north of original cross-
wing with stables attached to left. 2 storeys with attics to cross-wings;
irregular fenestration, all mid- to late C19 two- and 3-light casements to hall
below eaves with cross-paned sashes beneath, left-hand cross-wing has one 3-
light casement and one fixed-light window to first floor with cross-paned sash
beneath to left; right-hand cross-wing with one 3-light casement to first
floor and a cross-paned sash to ground; entrance through gabled porches on
right of left-hand cross-wing and to left of right-hand cross-wing;
prominent red brick ridge stack with triangular pilaster shafting to base to
right of hall with a re-built stack at junction of hall and left-hand cross-
wing; projecting purlin and wall-plate ends to gables. Stables: timber
framed, with red brick infill on high brick plinth; 2 rectangular panels
from cill to wall-plate (north side); roughly central stable door flanked
by casement and one fixed-light window, all with segmental heads, subsidiary
entrance to left, slate roof. V.C.H. VIII (1968), p.255.

Listing NGR: SJ4233306897

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26307292

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