Survey Data
Reg No
15701105
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Farm house
In Use As
Farm house
Date
1775 - 1785
Coordinates
310171, 156443
Date Recorded
16/08/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, dated 1780, on an L-shaped plan with two-bay (north) or single-bay (south) two-storey side elevations. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Refenestrated, 1940. Reroofed, 1970. Replacement hipped fibre-cement slate roof with lichen-covered clay ridge tiles, paired red brick Running bond central chimney stacks on axis with ridge having corbelled stepped capping, and uPVC rainwater goods on roughcast slate flagged eaves. Roughcast walls bellcast over rendered plinth. Hipped segmental-headed central door opening in segmental-headed recess with timber mullions on concrete step threshold supporting timber transom, and concealed dressings framing replacement timber panelled door having sidelights below fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing four-over-four timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds.
Appraisal
A farmhouse erected by or for Thomas Webster (----) representing an integral component of the later eighteenth-century domestic built heritage of the rural environs of Clogh with the architectural value of the composition suggested by such attributes as the compact plan form centred on a restrained doorcase; and the diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a graduated visual impression. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the historic or original fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior, thus upholding the character or integrity of the composition. Furthermore, an inscribed trough ("1780"); and adjacent outbuildings (extant 1904), all continue to contribute positively to the group and setting values of a self-contained ensemble having subsequent connections with the Stephens family including George John Stephens (d. 1927), 'Farmer' (NA 1901; 1911; cf. 15701113).