Description

BLEASDALE SD 54 NE 6/34 Higher Fairsnape Farmhouse 17-4-1967 GV II

House, 1637 and probably later C17, altered. Sandstone rubble, pebbledashed at front, with slate roof. 2 storeys with attic with one bay on each side of porch. The right-hand bay has a 6-light mullioned window with hollow chamfer, outer chamfer, and hood. Above on the 1st floor there is a 2-light window with rendered reveals and flat-faced mullion. The left-hand bay has a 3-light window with chamfered mullions and plain stone lintel. Above there is a 2-light rebated and chamfered mullioned window with sill lowered. The porch now has a catslide roof continuing the pitch of the main roof. The door has a rendered chamfered surround with hood. Above there is a carved stone coat of arms with inscription: 'RP [Robert Parkinson] 1637'. The inner door is now missing, but it has a chamfered surround with triangular head and a wooden draw bar housed in the thickness of the wall. The door opens into a lobby formed by a firehood baffle. The chamfered and stopped bressumer remains in the right-hand room. The rear wall has a blocked 2-light mullioned fire window, now covered by later extensions. The ceiling has a large chamfered axial beam and exposed common joists. The left-hand room has a moulded shouldered fireplace with segmental head within an earlier hearth which has a heck covered by wallpaper and a renewed bressumer. The attic over the left-hand part of the house has a roof truss with collar and raking queen struts. Attic over the right-hand part of the house, which is possibly earlier

Listing NGR: SD5829645984

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)