Building record 1154/1 - Overton Green Farm

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Summary

Grade II listed farmhouse. Built in the late 16th/early 17th century. Timber framed with rendered infill and a slate roof. 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, 56580 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Farmhouse. Late sixteenth/early seventeenth century. Timber-framed with rendered infill and Flemish bond brick with a slate roof. The entrance front has a timber-framed projecting gabled wing at right with an ashlar plinth and seven by two cells of small-framing at ground floor level with passing tension braces. Moulded brackets to the corner posts support the jettied first floor which has an ovolo-moulded bressumer. The first floor has seven by three cells of small-framing with angle braces. Both floors have casement windows of three lights set in moulded wooden surrounds. The gable is also jettied and has small-framing with a blocked window to the centre. To left of this are nineteenth and twentieth century additions which consist of a twentieth century lean-to porch at right with a doorway and a three-light window, to left of which are two three-light and one single-light windows. Above these are two three-light windows, that at right being in a gabled dormer. To far left is a further lean-to. The right hand side has a massive two-flue brick chimney stack with offsets at left of centre to either side of which are two by four cells of small-framing with angle braces. To far right is a portion of brick walling.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1>XY Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 56580. [Mapped features: #39052 56580; #63349 56580]

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Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 803 605 (24m by 26m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ86SW
Civil Parish SMALLWOOD, CONGLETON, CHESHIRE EAST
Historic Township/Parish/County SMALLWOOD, ASTBURY, CHESHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 4 2025 2:13PM