Description

NY 12 SE BUTTERMERE BRACKENTHWAITE

10/74 Low Hollins
3.3.67
II

Farmhouse now private house. Dated and inscribed over entrance R. & C.S. 1687
(Robert & Catherine Stubbs). Painted incised stucco and roughcast, under
graduated greenslate roof projecting over eaves and supported by projecting
timbers; original painted roughcast chimney stacks. 2 storeys, 4 bays with
lower single-bay extension to left. C20 casement windows on ground floor are
partly in original chamfered surrounds; small fire window to left. Upper floor
2- and 3-light chamfered stone-mullioned windows. Projecting wall to right is
probably the remains of a barn wall. Extension has C20 plank door in chamfered
surround with inscribed lintel under hoodmould. End walls left have small
original chamfered windows. 2-bay extension to rear has C20 door and window but
one original 2-light stone-mullioned window and an C18 chamfered-surround
casement with glazing bars. Interior has inglenook with heck partition and
carved plaster frieze of horses and doves. Documents in Cumbria County Record
Office, record Robert Stubbs was admitted tenant at a customary rent of 14s.
2d. on the 28 September 1663.

Listing NGR: NY1585222624

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26612591

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)