Lower House and Adjoining Byre
LOWER HOUSE AND ADJOINING BYRE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1178423
- Date first listed:
- 11-May-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Lower House and Adjoining Byre
- Statutory Address:
- LOWER HOUSE AND ADJOINING BYRE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1178423
- Date first listed:
- 11-May-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Lower House and Adjoining Byre
- Statutory Address 1:
- LOWER HOUSE AND ADJOINING BYRE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- LOWER HOUSE AND ADJOINING BYRE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Burrington
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 44203 72005
Details
BURRINGTON CP BURRINGTON so 47 SW 3/11 Lower House and adjoining byre II Farmhouse and adjoining byre. Circa 1600 with mid-C19 and mid-C20 altera- tions. Timber-framed with rendered infill on rubble base, rubble end walls to farmhouse (west one is rendered), slate roof and brick ridge end stacks, (the large original rubble east stack has been partly rebuilt in brick). Possibly a longhouse derivative. Farmhouse of two framed bays aligned east/ west, with large external rubble chimney at east end. Single storey and attic with dormers. Framing: three panels from sill to wall-plate. South front elevation: ground floor has a 3-light casement with a plank weathering, a single-light casement and a square C19 multi-paned metal window with a cambered head. There are two gabled dormers with moulded bargeboards and 2-light leaded casements. Entrance probably in original position in east bay and has a C19 gabled canopy on shaped brackets and a ledged and battened door with strap hinges. Interior: the east bay has two large lateral chamfered ceiling beams, a large blocked fireplace and a winder staircase. Byre: timber-framed on rubble base, weatherboarded with corrugated iron roof. Two-and-a-half framed bays, the half-bay adjoins the east end of the farmhouse and encloses the chimney. Two levels. Framing: three panels from sill to wall-plate (two rows of panels at lower level and one row at upper level). No trusses visible externally). South elevation has a gabled dormer with a 2-light casement adjacent to the farmhouse, and a central doorway. Interior: there is an intermediate queen-post truss and also a collar and tie-beam truss with three struts adjacent to the chimney. The purlins are renewed. There are re-used sections of chamfered timber in the ceiling of the half-bay. The north side of the half-bay has been incorporated into the farmhouse and has a large fireplace with a bread oven. The rest of the byre has a cobbled floor and C19 timber stalls, mangers and brick troughs. (RCHM, Herefs, Vol III, 1934, p 29).
Listing NGR: SO4420372005
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 150190
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Inventory of Herefordshire III North West, (1934), 29
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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