Old Loves Farmhouse
OLD LOVES FARMHOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1194682
- Date first listed:
- 13-Feb-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Old Loves Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- OLD LOVES FARMHOUSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1194682
- Date first listed:
- 13-Feb-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Old Loves Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- OLD LOVES FARMHOUSE
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:
- OLD LOVES FARMHOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Melksham Without
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 92180 62168
Details
ST 96 NW MELKSHAM WITHOUT BOWERHILL (south side)
4/179 Old Loves Farmhouse
II
Farmhouse. Early to mid C18. Rubblestone, stone slate half-hipped roof, brick stacks. L-plan, gable end to street. 2 storeys, 3- windows. Entrance door is on at right angles to street, chamfered door case and flat stone hood on brackets. To left is one 2-light cyma-mullioned window and a blocked window to right. First floor has two 2-light cyma-mullioned windows and one 2-light beaded- mullioned window, all leaded glass. Rear and right gable return have single, 2 and 3-light beaded and cyma-mullioned windows. Wing to left has chamfered door case to left of single-light cyma moulded window and one blocked door to right. Left return has a pair of 8-pane sashes in flat case with mullion to ground floor and one 4-pane sash to first floor. Rear has C20 casements to ground floor and two 2-light cyma mullioned windows and a C19 casement to first floor. Interior: room to right of entrance has narrow chamfer to ceiling beams and a stone flat arched fireplace with roll moulding. A difference between the ceiling and floor levels of the two wings suggests that the house was originally one range with an additional wing built slightly later.
Listing NGR: ST9218062168
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 314396
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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