Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
29/12/1994
Date of Amendment
29/12/1994
Name of Property
The Haim
Location
Located on a large area of alluvial land between the Rivers Severn and Vyrnwy.
History
The farm appears to be a primary settlement on marshland reclaimed by the construction of argua/argy (levees) by Thomas Telford, surveyor of public works for Shropshire, after the Commons Enclosure Act 1799, to protect the town of Shrewsbury from a series of disastrous floods.
Exterior
Farmhouse, early C19, brick with slate roofs. Two stories, 2 bays with 2-bay 3-storey wing at SE end with rear stack, now the main house area, further extended with a longer lean-to on the N side. Brick dentilled eaves to earlier section. Large canopied porch on columns over part-glazed door. Sixteen paned sash window to the earlier wing. C20 additions at rear.
Reason for designation
Included as a good example of regional farmhouse, which has historic interest also as part of the new settlement pattern after early C19 land reclamation.
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