Description

MIDDLETON A 170
SE 7885-7985
(north side, off)
15/36 Church Farmhouse
II
-
2 attached houses, now a barn. 2 builds, early C17 and later C17; later
alterations and remodelling in Cl9. Squared sandstone, part on chamfered
plinth, with pantile roof and brick stacks. 2 storeys, 4 windows. Remains
of a porch, with plank door, projecting at centre. To left of porch a door
of 4 recessed panels with overlight beneath timber lintel. Inserted window
flank door on both floors; frame of a 16-pane sash in ground-floor left
opening. Beyond ground-floor right opening a chamfered lintel in the place
of a possible fire window. Openings to right of porch, are also later
insertions. Ground floor has a stable door and one leaf of a double board
door, both with timber lintels; and vent slits; first floor has lifting door
to left and square pitching window to right. Rear: probably the original
front. 2-storey, 2-window front, with later 2-storey, 2-window front to
right. Original doorway at centre now blocked by inserted fixed light. To
left of doorway, flat-mullioned windows: one lowered and containing an
incomplete 3-light casement; centre one altered to form a doorway. 4-light
left end windows on both floors blocked but unaltered. First-floor opening
to right has inserted horizontal-sliding sash with timber lintel. In the
later part, at right, an inserted window on ground floor right. First-floor
window to left has 3 large-pane lights in a double-chamfered surround
beneath a flat dripmould. To right an inserted window with a timber lintel
Right end and right-of-centre stacks. Interior: against right gable wall
the remains of a full-height stone firehood with a small, deeply splayed
opening to left. Right-hand room of the later house has a wide fireplace
with a chamfered segmental arch on chamfered bar-stopped jambs. Chamfered
spine beam, and square-section joists.

Listing NGR: SE7825185462

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26442602

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  For the Record