Description

RAMSDEN HIGH STREET
SP3515 (North-east side)
18/96 Handcroft Farmhouse
24/03/85 (Formerly listed as Handcroft
Farmhouse and barn)

GV II

Farmhouse and barn, now one house. Early C17, partly rebuilt in late C17. Late
C20 alterations to former barn. Coursed limestone rubble, with slate hung
gable-end to south-west. Stone slate roofs. Two-unit plan house at right angles
to road, with former barn adjoining to north-east. House of 2 storeys, with
later C17 north-east end of 2 storeys and attic over basement. South-east front:
rendered ridge stack off-centre to left and external stone end stack to right,
with rendered top. Dormer to right-hand part with 2-light wooden casement
(rebuilt in late C20) and slate-hung gable. Late C17 right-hand part with 2
first-floor windows and one ground-floor window, all wooden cross windows with
ogee-stopped chamfered wooden lintels. Small 2-light ovolo-moulded mullioned
wooden staircase window to left with ogee-stopped chamfered wooden lintel. Early
C17 lower 2-storey part let-back to left with first-floor 2-light wooden
casement and ground-floor boarded door to right with wooden lintel. Later
one-storey range to left with end stack, 3-light wooden casement with wooden
lintel and blocked doorway to right (see straight joints). Former barn adjoining
to porch. Interior of house: winder staircase with old plank and muntin door to
cellar. Left-hand ground-floor room with chamfered beams and large open
fireplace.

Listing NGR: SP3580515225

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26304842

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (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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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6