Building record 1170/1 - Bank Farmhouse

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Summary

A grade II listed early seventeenth century timber framed farmhouse with a nineteenth or twentieth century service wing. Wood was in plentiful supply as a building material in Britain until the 17th century. It was therefore the most practical material for house building. Timber framed buildings consist of a wooden framework (usually oak) that was infilled to created solid walls. Infill material used included wattle and daub, lath and plaster, brick and weather board. Brick nogging, (brick infill) was often used in the 17th and 18th centuries to replace earlier wattle and daub or lath and plaster infill as it was longer lasting.

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Full Description

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 56473 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Farmhouse. Early seventeenth century with later alterations. Timber framed with rendered brick infill. Plain tile roof. Two storeys. Entrance front: small framing with angle braces. To the left is a projecting nineteenth century or twentieth century service wing and at right are a doorway and two twentieth century windows, one a bow and the other of two-light casement form. To the first floor are a single-light and a three-light casement window. Portion of brickwork at right painted in simulation of timber framing. Ridge stacks at left of centre and right. The right hand gable end has six by three cells of small framing with angle braces and an ovolo-moulded bressumer to the slightly jettied gable and three-light twentieth century windows to the ground and first floors and one three-light attic window with ovolo-moulded mullions. The rear has twentieth century three-light casement windows to the ground floor and a door at right of centre and is painted in simulation of the pattern of timber framing, which lies beneath the render. Interior: The ground floor rooms have chamfered and ovolo-moulded ceiling beams with exposed rafters between.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1>XY Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 56473. [Mapped features: #39044 56473; #54763 56473]

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Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 802 545 (18m by 19m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ85SW
Civil Parish ALSAGER, CONGLETON, CHESHIRE EAST
Historic Township/Parish/County ALSAGER, BARTHOLMLEY, CHESHIRE

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Oct 27 2022 5:17PM