Description

SCARISBRICK DRUMMERSDALE LANE
SD 41 SW
9/24 Whitefield House
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- II

Farmhouse, now store. Dated 1752 on porch; extended and altered. Handmade
brick now all rendered, stone slate roof. Now 3 bays, but probably
formerly 2 bays, of shallow double-depth plan, with projecting porch in
centre of original building. Two storeys; except for 1st bay, symmetrical,
with central gabled porch reaching to the eaves, square-headed doorway with
imposts and keystone (suggesting formerly arched opening), the keystone
shouldered and inscribed B in cursive script;
J J
1752
two 3-light sliding sashes on each floor, the lower with flattened
segmental heads; a chimney in front of the ridge at each original gable
wall; added bay to left has a square-headed 3-light sliding sash on each
floor, and a gable chimney. Right-hand gable wall has an extruded chimney
and a square window at 1st floor; rear has inter alia a 2-light sliding
sash stairlight in the centre of the original building, a doorway to the
addition, and some other sliding sash windows. Interior: altered, but
contains doglegged staircase with turned balusters.

Listing NGR: SD4058212635

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26330730

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)