Burch Farmhouse and Adjoining Outbuildings

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TWITCHEN SS 72 NE 14/205 Burch Farmhouse and adjoining - outbuildings GV II Farmhouse, now divided. Late C17 or early C18, possibly an addition to or a partial rebuilding of an earlier house. Probable late C18 or early C19 remodelling. Mid-to late C19 alterations and additions, including some internal alterations. Minor mid- to late C20 alterations. Cob and stone rubble to late C17 range and uncoursed sandstone rubble to left-hand range and additions, all rendered to front. Thatched roof, hipped over rear staircase wing, and gable-ended scantle-slate roofs to left- hand and rear range, with C20 bitumen covering to rear. C20 asbestos slates to left- hand range of outbuildings to front. Sandstone and red-brick stacks. Plan and development: C17 two-room central entrance plan, facing south (site falls to left). Integral brick end stacks. Central 2-storey gabled porch, and central staircase in square projection at rear. Staircase projection at rear is probably a later (perhaps late C18 or early C19) addition (see rafters and thatch of former rear roof-line in attic). C17 one-room plan service end (present kitchen) to left with external lateral stack to rear, probably C18 staircase to left, and front entrance to right. Mid-to late C19 parallel range added to rear, between staircase projection and kitchen stack, incorporating dairy in ground floor. Further C19 additions include one-roomed addition (altered in late C20) adjoining at right-hand end and one-storey wings projecting at right angles to front, flanking the C17 two-room range. C18 or C19 shippon added to left-hand (service) end. It is possible that this was formerly a 3-room and cross-passage plan house, the former hall and inner room end of which was remodelled or rebuilt in the late C17 or early C18. Former shippon to left converted to create further domestic accommodation and garaging in the late C20. Two storeys with former shippon of one-storey and loft and one- storey outbuildings. Exterior: Right-hand part has symmetrical 3-bay front with C19 three-light wooden casements in outer bays. C19 flat-roofed square bay inserted in ground floor to right, with pair of half-glazed French casements and side lights. Central full- height slate-roofed gabled porch has first-floor late C18 or early C19 two-light Gothick window with curved Y-tracery and transom (present window probably a C20 restoration). Central recessed early C19 four-panelled door (lower panels beaded flush and upper panels raised and fielded) with side lights (beaded flush panels below) and panelled reveals and soffit matching door. Probably early to mid-C19 flat-roofed wooden porch. Probably C18 brick end stacks with stepped weatherings. Lower service range to left with 3 windows to each floor. C19 two-light wooden casements, those on ground floor with segmental heads. Old (C18 or C19) boarded door to right with wrought-iron strap hinges and chamfered wooden frame. Former shippon adjoining to left with late C20 fenestration including garage door and conservatory. Boarded loft door in left-hand gable end. Projecting one-storey ranges of outbuildings to front with C20 fenestration and doors. Stair wing to rear with slightly-projecting first floor and first-floor C19 window. Large C17 external square stack to at rear of kitchen with chamfered offsets, weatherings, lean-to bread oven to front and small window to right. C19 parallel range at rear with 2 first- floor C19 two-light small-paned wooden casements and 3 ground-floor C20 two-light wooden casements, all with stone flat-arched heads. External stack to rear of converted shippon too. Interior: Left-hand ground-floor room of late C17 range with cased chamfered cross beam. C18 cupboard in wall to rear with 2 pairs of doors, upper doors with 2 raised and fielded panels, and frieze and dentil cornice; V-shaped interior with 3 shaped shelves. C18 cupboard in front wall, upper door with 2 raised and fielded-panels and lower door with one raised and fielded panel, with H-hinges and 3 shaped shelves in top cupboard. Right-hand ground-floor has C19 marble fireplace with bracketed mantelshelf. Mid-to late C19 matchboarding to entrance hall. Late C18 or early C19 staircase with open string, stick balusters (2 per tread). some cast iron, and ramped handrail, wreathed to columnlar foot newel. Balustade curved at head of stairs, to return to landing. Mid-to late C19 four-panelled doors throughout. Ground-floor room (former kitchen) in left-hand range has C17 open stone fireplace to rear with deep-chamfered wooden lintel, bread oven to rear with segmental brick arch, and small window in left-hand side. Blocked doorway to right, cupboard above with two 2- panelled doors and open below. Some introduced C17 dado panelling. C18 door at rear leading to dairy, with 4 moulded panels (raised and fielded to rear) and C18 thumb- latch with shaped ends. C19 dairy with low slate shelves on brick piers and drain in stone floor. Slatted wooden screen to pantry with probably reused old boarded door. Probably late C17 three-bay roof over late C17 range with trusses consisting of principal rafters crossing at apex, pegged collars, diagonally-set ridge-piece and pole rafters. Part of rear roof (including rafters and some thatch) still survives in front of later roof over rear staircase projection.

Listing NGR: SS7709429460

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