Description

SWETTENHAM C.P. SWETTENHAM ROAD
SJ 86 NW

5/47 Farm buildings east of
Swettenham Hall
-

GV II

Range of farm buildings consisting of a dovecote, mid C18, flanked
south by stable wing 1678 (door head tablet) and west by an "L" shaped
stable wing 1696 (door head tablet). The group still has a stud use
but also contains a cottage and offices. Red brick dovecote, brown
brick stables, stone slate roof, some sections now replaced by Welsh
slates. 2 storeys, with dovecote half a storey higher, 5 bays. 5
truss bays and 5 bays. The north-west section has a stone plinth,
3-and-4-light stone mullion windows and a boarded and studded door in
a stone surround with bead-moulded edge. A stone tablet above the
door has the initials S TF and the date, this is surmounted by a coat
of arms in a plastered recess under a moulded projecting cornice.
There are rusticated quoins and projecting ogee cornice. The north
gable has tumbling-in brickwork below coping, also moulded kneelers
and finials to kneelers and apex. The south wing a four-course-deep
toothed-band and the initials S-TM with the date over a door. The
dovecote, in Flemish bond, has a stone pyramid roof with weather vane,
a loft level door and clock set into keyed oculus. The west section
has two wide carriage opening with ellipitical arches almost at eaves
level.
Interior: The west section is least altered and has strutted trusses,
original purlins, ridge tree, wind braces and rafters.

Listing NGR: SJ8101166531

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q87410708

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Recommended Books

• 
  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House