Description

NY 85 NW ALLENDALE CHAT'S LANE (South side)

9/60 Moor Houses Farmhouse
and attached range to
west
II

Bastle house late C16 or early C17, extended late C17, present house added
C19, all now agricultural store. Large rubble with heavy roughly-shaped
quoins, stone dressings, stone-slate roof. Rubble stacks to left gable and
on ridge, brick gable stack to farmhouse. 2 storeys, 5 bays, irregular.
Bastle with extension to right and taller farmhouse far right. Inserted
doorway to bastle with remains of original 1st floor doorway above, doorway
to extension with chamfered surround, irregular fenestration. Left return
(visible inside farm building) shows central byre entrance of bastle with
chamfered round-headed doorway. Ruinous outshut to rear. Interior shows
corbelled 1st floor fireplace in bastle, 1st floor fireplace in extension
with flattened triangular head in square frame, old collar-beam roof truss
in extension. Later farm buildings slightly set back to left not of interest.
An interesting building demonstrating the development over 3 centuries by
successive additions rather than rebuilding.

Listing NGR: NY8497356510

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26294881

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)