Lower Drayton Old Farmhouse
LOWER DRAYTON OLD FARMHOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1349855
- Date first listed:
- 11-Dec-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Lower Drayton Old Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- LOWER DRAYTON OLD FARMHOUSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1349855
- Date first listed:
- 11-Dec-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Lower Drayton Old Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- LOWER DRAYTON OLD 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:
- LOWER DRAYTON OLD FARMHOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Brimfield
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 53693 67424
Details
SO 56 NW BRIMFIELD CP LOWER DRAYTON
4/6 Lower Drayton Old Farmhouse
- II
Farmhouse. C15, extended C16, partly rebuilt early C18 and late C18, restored 1980's. Timber-frame clad in coursed rubble with some late brick cladding and tile roof. T-plan, cross-wing aligned north-east/south-west of C16, other range to north-west C15 of three bays with later additions to north. External brick stack to southern gable of cross-wing with two square-plan brick shafts linked at top, rising from a dog-tooth cornice. Also a stack between first and second bays of rear wing. South-east front: early C18 rubble to left, late C18 brick to right. Two storeys with attic lit by two gabled dormers, 1 + 2 windows, a 3-light casement to left, others are 2-light casements under segmental heads. Ground floor similar with a French casement under segmental head between two windows to right. Main entrance is in the south-west front of rear wing with a plain wooden architrave. The northern end of wing has a stable with granary approached by an external staircase. Interior: the rear wing contains three crucks with evidence of a former open hall. The inserted stack has a large inglenook fireplace and ceiling beam with chamfers and stops. Staircase at the junction of the two ranges has late C17 to early C18 splat balusters. The cross-wing incorporates the remains of a C16 framed cross- wing, including chamfered and stopped ceiling beams.
Listing NGR: SO5369367424
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 150027
- 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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