Description

ASHWATER HIGHER PRESTACOTT
SX 39 NE
3/21 Over Prestacott
- II
Farmhouse. Circa late C17/early C18, C19 fenestration. Rendered colourwashed cob on
stone rubble footings, asbestos slate roof gabled at ends, formerly thatched, large
rendered stack on ridge with brick chimney shaft, C19 brick chimney at right gable
end. 2 room and through passage plan with the hall stack backing on to the passage
and the lower end room probably originally unheated with a stack inserted in the C19.
It is possible that there was originally an inner room which no longer exists and
that the plan was 3 room and through passage. Rear left single-storey lean-to for
dairy, now converted to a kitchen, is probably also C19. 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3-
window front with a C20 gabled porch. First floor window above porch is a 2-light
C19 casement panes per light. Other windows 3-light C19 casements, 9 panes per
light, all windows have internal iron stanchions.
Interior The passage is intact. The hall fireplace has C19 timber jambs and
lintel, the lintel said to conceal an earlier one. A new roof was put on over the
old trusses, which have been truncated, when the thatch was replaced with asbestos
slate.

Listing NGR: SX3912896101

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26398634

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living