Description

SK 23 SW PARISH OF CHURCH BROUGHTON COMMON LANE
3/9 (South Side)
Mount Pleasant
II

Farmhouse. c1787. Red brick with plain tile roof and brick
gable end stacks. Two storeys. Dentil eaves cornice. Three
bay north elevation. Central doorway with moulded wooden
doorcase and dripmould. Six panelled door. Doorcase linked to
semi-circular headed staircase window above with glazing bars,
flanked on each side by glazing bar sashes under segmental
heads. One smaller and later window to left. Two glazing bar
sashes above with wooden lintels. Lower C19 wing to left and
C19 cottage attached to right and not of listable quality.
South elevation has central doorway with segmental arch and
glazed overlight. To the left, an early C19 canted bay window,
to the right a glazing bar sash under a segmental arch. Three
glazing bar sashes under flat arches above. Inside, dogleg
staircase with stick balusters. The farm was built after the
common land was enclosed in 1775. A beam in an outbuilding is
dated 1787.

Listing NGR: SK2218333486

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26388816

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Recommended Books

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)