Description

WEST TISBURY -
ST 92 NW
4/279 Cool's Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse. Mid C17. Rubble stone, cedar shingled roof,
formerly thatched, brick stacks. U-plan with entrance in narrow
centre courtyard on west. Two-storey, 1-window front in
courtyard; C20 door in Tudor-arched stone surround, 2-light
casement over. Wings either side each have 4-light hollow-
chamfered mullioned casements facing courtyard, left side blocked
together with first floor windows. Gable end of north wing has 3-
light hollow-chamfered mullioned casement to ground floor and
single chamfered light to attic, left return of this wing has two
4-light mullioned casements to ground floor and three C20 casements
to first floor, gable end of main range has pointed lancet to
attic. Right return of south wing has 3-light mullioned casement
and C20 French windows to ground floor, 2-light mullioned casements
to first floor. Rear of main range has C20 door, 3-light and 4-
light mullioned casements and leaded casements to first-floor.
Interior has deeply chamfered beams with stepped stops, open
fireplace in north wing has Tudor-arched chamfered lintel on
chamfered stone jambs. First floor fireplace with elliptical-
headed chamfered stone surround. Main range has 4-bay roof with
cambered collars to tie-beam and collar trusses, wattle and daub
partition.
A freehold farm known as Upper Linley until c1900 when name changed
to Cool's after the name of the freeholder.

Listing NGR: ST9060029821

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26604933

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)