Description

CONISTON
SD 39 NW
5/63 Atkinson Ground
25.3.70 Farmhouse and
attached cottages
(formerly listed with
Atkinson Ground
House)

GV II

3 houses. C17 or early C18 with later alterations. Roughcast stone with slate
roof. 2 storeys, 5 bays, the lst bay is lower. Dripcourse to central 3 bays.
Most windows are sashed with single glazing bars and horns. 1st bay and ground
floor of 2nd bay have large windows with C20 casements. 5th bay of 1st floor
has casement window with iron opening light. Entrance to 3rd bay has slate slab
porch, wide-board door. Entrance to 5th bay has slate gabled canopy and glazed
door. Gable-end stacks and cross-axial stack. Rear has lean-to outshut and
stair wing under cat slide roof; gabled wing; casements, entrance with gabled
open porch. Right return has gabled trellis porch. Interior of farmhouse has
plank and muntin and stud and plaster partitions, spice cupboard and adjacent
cupboard with doors.

Listing NGR: SD3212497716

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26611080

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
• 
  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
• 
  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy