Description

SD 82 SE BACUP (off) BURNLEY ROAD

7/19 Dike House Farmhouse and attached barn - - II

Farmhouse, dated 1720 on porch, now derelict, with barn attached at lower level at east end. Coursed sandstone rubble, stone slate roof with gable chimneys and gable copings with kneelers. Double pile 2-bay plan, 2 storeys; projecting single storey gabled porch at right end covering junction with barn has plain doorway offset left and datestone in gable with a recessed shouldered panel containing raised decoration and lettering: a crudely carved radiant sun in the head, a flower beneath this flanked by the letters "I" and "L" and "1720" below. All window openings are now boarded or blocked: a rectangular window in the porch, 2 horizontal rectangular windows at ground floor and an inserted doorway at the left end, and 4 square windows at 1st floor (most windows have flat brick heads); rear wall has several similar blocked windows, one at 1st floor with a chamfered mullion, and there is a sunk dairy built into the slope to the rear of the 1st bay. Barn at right end has sliding door to front, large lean-to at rear.

Listing NGR: SD8649724397

External Links

• Wikidata Q26328877

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