59% Energy Savings Project: Houlston Manor (Shropshire) Bringing a 17th century farmhouse to modern standards of energy efficiency and comfort Houlston Manor is an unlisted mainly 17th century box framed farmhouse, which has been substantially added to and altered since it was first built. Originally a single storey building, the building has expanded over the years to include a second storey, double depth bays and a substantial chimney stack. The house was also ‘gentrified’ according to the fashion of the early 19th century when the timber-framed front wall was replaced with brick to create a unified exterior. Owned by the same family for genera- tions, the current owner was born in the house in the mid 1950s and has lived there ever since. His long family connection

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