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NY 45 SE
9/200

WETHERAL
GREAT CORBY
Birkhill Farmhouse and attached farmbuildings to South

II

Farmhouse with associated farmbuildings grouped around 3 sides of a farmyard. Mid C18 and later. House mainly of brick in English garden wall bond with sandstone dressings; Welsh slate roof. Farmbuildings brick with some coursed sandstone rubble; green slate and corrugated asbestos roofs.

House: two-unit, central entrance hall plan with stairs to rear (renewed but original position), with lower services (now kitchen) to right. Two storeys.

Front: symmetrical five-window range; chamfered quoining and plain cornice. All windows in plain surrounds (cornices to ground) and (except for two renewed casements) with eight-pane sashes. Central doorway with cyma surround and pulvinated frieze; half-panelled/half-glazed door. A sandstone, slated lean-to at extreme right. Lower services, sandstone, no windows. End stacks, that to left original, with stone coping to left only.

Rear: sixteen-pane sash window to kitchen (upper void not lit); main range with two first floor windows (one with sash) and a small window lighting stairs. Above the doorway (which has a rectangular overlight) is a small plaque in chamfered surround bearing the letters 'P.H.H' (Howard) with a relief lion.

Interior: flag floor to kitchen; first floor fireplace surround with curved angles. One panelled door; some original floorboards. Stable range attached to south with side purlin roof, slit ventilators, original openings and C20 garage doorway. South range includes threshing barn (with slit ventilators, originally attached, heightened in C19) with granary attached. A-frame roof with collars and staggered purlins.

Listing NGR: NY4778754008

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26301159

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)