Description

CHESWARDINE C.P. -
SJ 72 NW
8/2 Westcott Mill Farmhouse
-
- II

Farmhouse. Early C19. Red brick on red sandstone ashlar plinth;
plain tile roof. L-plan. 3 Storeys. Plinth, dentil brick eaves cornice,
and parapeted gable ends with stone copings. Integral brick end stack.
3 bays; 16-pane glazing bar sashes (12-pane to centre) with exposed boxes and
painted stone cills and lintels. Central 6-panelled door (lower 2 flush)
with radial fanlight and doorcase consisting of reeded pilaster strips and plain
consoles with guttae supporting moulded cornice, breaking forward over pilasters.
Rear wing with brick ridge stack. Interior: much reused timber including
framing-in-rear wall of front range, ceiling beams, and former ceiling beam
reused as lintel to large open fireplace in left-hand ground-floor room.
6-panelled doors with reeded architraves. Staircase partly altered, but
flight to attic survives with open string and cut brackets, stick balusters,
turned foot newel post and moulded handrail.

Listing NGR: SJ7092628926

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26648380

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)