Description

TIBBERTON CP CHURCH LANE (west side) SO 95 NW 6/203 (18/20) Rectory Farmhouse 29.12.52 GV II*

Farmhouse. Early C17, altered mid- to late C19; restored mid-C20. Timber- framed, painted brick and rendered infill on lias limestone rubble plinth, plain tiled roofs. Main part is of lobby-entry plan having three framed bays aligned north-west/south-east, the narrow central fireplace bay is surmounted by a group of four diagonal ridge stacks; service cross-wing of two framed bays at south-east end. Two tall storeys, attic and cellar. Framing: main part is close-studded on ground floor with high-level mid-rail and mainly four square panels from first-floor level to wall-plate; long straight braces in lower corners; north-west gable end has a collar and tie- beam truss with two collars, two struts survive to lower collar (the rest are replaced by a window); three struts to the upper collar and a V-strut in the apex; cross-wing has five rows of panels from sill to wall-plate and collar and tie-beam trusses with two struts to collar and V-strut in apex. North-east front elevation: regular fenestration of one window per bay on both floors; ground floor of main part has 9-light wood-mullioned C20 oriels; first floor has original oriels on central console with 3-light C19 casements and a central 2-light wood-mullioned C20 oriel; C20 central door; cross-wing has plank weatherings at main floor levels and a ground- and first-floor window similar to those in the main part; there is also a C20 oriel on the attic storey. Attic light in south-east gable end. Interior: the main part is noted as having retained its central back-to-back fireplaces. The front elevation is reported as having had a two-storey porch wing originally. (VCH 3 (ii), p 537; BoE, p 280).

Listing NGR: SO9028456940

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