Description

SKELWITH NY 30 SW Holme Ground Cottage, 2/185 barn, and stable

II

House, bank barn and stable. Early C18 and later. Painted stone rubble, outhouses not painted, slate roofs. House of 2 storeys and 2 bays, stable to left and barn with cowhouse below adjoins at right angles to right. House has casement windows and central entrance with slate gabled canopy. Stable has entrance with flanking windows under slate dripcourse. Right hand end has small re-entrant block to angle between house and barn, with wide-boarded door. Cow house has 2 entrances flanking window, formerly entrance; pentice over, and blocked winnowing door to upper level. Right return of stable has crow-stepped gable and slate dripcourse; later lean-to extension. Rear of stable has garage door at upper level, and lean-to extension. Rear of house has varied fenestration. Barn has rear entrance with pentice and pivoted wide-boarded doors. Interior of cow house has slate partitions in timber frames. Property, of the National Trust, the gift of Beatrix Potter.

Listing NGR: NY3113901191

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