Listed Building: BOOTHS FARM FARMHOUSE (1329740)

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Grade II
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 64, 6, 2
Date assigned 23 December 1983
Date last amended

Description

SJ 68 SW APPLETON C.P. BARLEYCASTLE LANE (North Side) 6/2 Booth's Farm Farmhouse. GV II Farmhouse, late C17, altered. Brick rendered mid C20, with gable copings, cyma kneelers and some dressings of sandstone; graded grey slate roof. The symmetrical front of 2 storeys plus attics has hall behind gabled porch (with one room to each side) and 2 gabled dormers. Flush gable chimneys of brick; each has 2 separated square flues. Mid C20 casements to lower 2 storeys; small-pane C19 dormer windows; all in altered openings. The basket-arched porch contains a 6-panel door in a moulded timber architrave. The 2-storey rear wing is of similar materials. Interior C17 open-well newel stair with plain flat (replacement) balusters between ground and first floor and original splat balusters to upper flights and top landing. Several chamfered oak beams. Boarded doors to most rooms, some of oak on upper floors, on H hinges. There is a fixed cheese-press and bacon-curing slab. Listing NGR: SJ6477884041

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Sources (1)

  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #503 ]

Map

Location

Grid reference SJ 6477 8404 (point)
Map sheet SJ68SW
Civil Parish APPLETON, WARRINGTON

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Record last edited

Oct 1 2006 4:12PM