Description

SD 64 NE NEWTON

Higher Birkett Farmhouse and
14/65 buildings adjoining to the east

II

House, late C18th, with former house of 1686 adjoinig. Sandstone rubble
with slate roof. The present house is of double-pile plan with central entry
and end stacks. 2 storeys, 3 bays. The windows have plain stone surrounds,
the right-hand ground-floor one having 2 square mullions. The door has a
plain stone surround. The former house, to the right, has a continuous drip
course on the ground and first floors. At the left on the ground floor it
rises over a former opening, but is now truncated by the present house. On
the ground floor is a 2-light window with plain stone surround and square
mullion. To the right is a one-light rebated and chamfered window with
segmental head. On the 1st floor are 2 3-light rebated and chamfered
mullioned windows. At the rear is a door and a window, both with plain
stone surrounds. Adjoining to the east is a barn having a wide entrance
with plain reveals, with a door with plain stone surround to its right.
On the 1st floor are 2 pitching doors with plain reveals. At the rear is
a re-set chamfered door surround with triangular head. Inside the old house,
on the 1st floor against the west wall, is a plaster panel on a former
chimney breast with decoration of plant stems with leaves and acorns. In
raised letters are the initials 'RLA' and date '1686'.

Listing NGR: SD6818749070

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26327788

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Recommended Books

• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)