Description

NY 52 SE,
13/56

GREAT STRICKLAND,
GREAT STRICKLAND,
Taylor's Farmhouse & barn adjoining

30.7.87

II

Farmhouse and ramp barn (now residential). Probably C17 with later additions and alterations; 1746 date, with initials T & MT, inscribed on door lintel refers to extension to house and addition of barn. Mixed limestone and rubble walls partly cement rendered. Graduated greenslate roof with rebuilt red brick chimney stacks. 2 storeys; house 4 bays, barn to left 3 bays under common roof. Original house has ground floor fire window and Yorkshire sashes; dated extension has part-glazed door and sashes, all in painted stone surrounds. Barn has blocked segment - arched doorway and 2 flat-headed doorways with inserted casements, all with narrow chamfer to surrounds. Central winnowing door above. Rear has ramp up to central cart entrance flanked by vent slits. INTERIOR of house: 1746 extension has inglenook with chamfered bressumer on ground floor; original house has bolection-moulding to fire surround in left-hand room. Panelled partition has shallow (plate rack?) recess, fronted by trefoiled arcade, over door.

Listing NGR: NY5569422811

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26395082

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Recommended Books

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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)