Cummins Farmhouse

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SO 85 NE HINDLIP CP -

7/4 Cummin's Farmhouse 29.12.52

GV II*

Farmhouse. C16, altered mid-C17, early C18 and mid-C19. Part timber- framed with painted brick infill on brick plinth, brick replacement walling and refacing, part hand-made brick in English bond, plain tiled roofs; left side elevation has a large external brick stack with sandstone dressings at base and 3 diagonal rebuilt brick shafts, also large brick stack to main ridge. Hall and cross-wing type plan, hall on a north-west/south-east axis with cross-wing at north-east end; inserted stack in former cross-passage now forms lobby entry; basic plan extended to form complex gabled roofline; the hall part has 2 large gables at each end of the front elevation, there is a small dairy cross-wing at the service end of the house and the main cross-wing at the upper end of the house has an F-shaped roof ridge plan with 2 small gables at the rear in the angle with the main range. Two storeys; cellar beneath main cross-wing. Framing exposed in north-east side elevation; at front of external stack are 2 rows of close-set vertical studding; to the rear are small square panels, 5 from sill to wall-plate. Front elevation: refaced during late C19. All windows have cambered heads and stone sills. Main part has a ground floor 20-pane sash on the right side, a 20-pane sash on the left and 2 first floor 16-pane sashes above, beneath the cross-gables; there is a central late C19 door with cambered head beneath the ridge stack; the main cross-wing gable end has a ground floor 20-pane and a first floor 16-pane sash window; the dairy cross-wing gable end has a ground and first floor C20 casement. The older brickwork is exposed at rear and is of English and a random bond. Interior: front room of main cross-wing has an elaborate mid-C17 cross-beamed plaster ceiling, enriched with foliated and egg and tongue mouldings and at the centre of the ceiling there is a boldly modelled oval wreath. Above the fireplace is a scrolled pediment with swags of fruit and flowers flanked by Caryatid figures bearing baskets of acanthus on their heads and appearing to support the main beams. There is an enriched plaster frieze around the walls with small oval shields, originally decorated with coats of arms, later covered with random arms and tinctures and now painted over. The room above also has an enriched plaster cross-beamed ceiling, the central compartment having a dentilled cornice. On the first floor landing is a plaster panel with a lion rampant brandishing a sword and dated 1615. Mid-C17 open well staircase with column-on-vase balusters, acorn finials on newels and moulded handrail. The farmhouse retains an unusual number of high quality C17 interior features.

Listing NGR: SO8839258191

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