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STANTON STANTON VILLAGE
SP 0634-0734
11/84 Charity Farmhouse
(formerly listed as Charity Farm)
4.7.60
II
Former farmhouse, now house. Probably C17, altered C19, enlarged
1922 by and for Sir P. Stott (datestone). Coursed, squared stone:
timber-framing with rendered infill; stone slate roof. Three-
bay, 1 1/2 storey main section: 3-bay, single storey extension to
left, 2-storey cross wing behind. Entrance front: part-height
straight joint on right near corner: single-storey canted bay, 3-
light casement, hipped roof. Half-glazed door up one stone step,
marginal lights, 2 panels below. Three-light stone-mullioned
windows. Above, parapet gable on right, ashlar chimney, moulded
cap: 3 gabled dormers, each with 3-light casements. Chimney from
eaves left end, left gable rendered over timber-framing. To left,
lower wing: canted single-storey bay, 3-light mullioned window,
hipped roof. Boarded door up 5 stone steps, 4-centred arch, stone
lintel. Gabled dormer with 2-light casement; parapet gable left
end. Right return, lower part covered by late C20 conservatory,
not of special interest. Covers 2-light Perpendicular window said
to be from Hailes Abbey.
Interior: stone-paved entrance hall, timber-framed cross walls.
Wide stone fireplace, timber lintel in room to right: exposed beam
and bar-stop chamfered joists. Exposed unchamfered joists room to
left. House of Miss E. Wedgwood, visited by J.M. Barrie, Sargent
and H.G. Wells.
(T. Edwards, in Country Life, 1952)
Listing NGR: SP0715434272
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number:
134868
Legacy System:
LBS
Sources
Books and journals 'Country Life' in Country Life, (1952)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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