Description

NY 46 NW KIRKLINTON ----------

3/134 Fergushill and
adjoining stables

II

House. C18 cottage enlarged 1823, 1832 and post 1841, for John Yule, Land
Steward to the Grahams of Netherby. Hammer dressed red sandstone with later
extensions partly of brick; graduated and rounded top-slates of green and Welsh
slate, with lead hips, decorative bargeboards, ashlar double cylinderical
chimney stacks with lozenge and twisted rope decoration. Single-storey 3-bay
extension to original single storey cottage is shown on estate plan of 1823,
further extended and dated on raised stone carved shield 1832. Projecting gable
to garden front, of 1½ storeys, has round headed mullioned bay window of 3
lights with glazing bars and lead hipped roof; pointed dormer with hood mould.
Projecting eaves sweep down and are supported by arcade of pitch pine columns on
3 sides; pointed wooden arches between join eaves with slender wooden rails.
Eaves porch to left has Gothic 4-panel door. Extension to left of 2-storeys,
was originally partly single storey and altered after 1841. Two 2-storey
projecting bay windows have hood moulds to ground floor with patterned and
diamond paned casements; upper floor dormer windows have plain stone surrounds
and single-pane sashes. Interior of 1832 has carved stone Gothic fireplaces,
Gothic panelled doors, panelled window shutters. Principal room has moulded
plaster cornice, carved wooden pelmet and vertical sliding panelled shutter to
side window. Listing includes former stables of 1832, with interior wooden
stalls of Gothic design. Owner sympathetically restoring building to its 1841
condition (1983).

Listing NGR: NY4254866206

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26380013

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments