Description

SS 53 NE MARWOOD WHITEFIELD

5/49 Whitefield Barton and bank barn 25.2.65 adjoining west cross wing - GV II

Large farmhouse and attached bank barn. House built 1771, rubble stone with dressed quoins and slate roof. 2 axial brick stacks, with modern pots. 2 storeys. Symmetrical plan with gabled slightly projecting cross wings at each end in 1-3-1 arrangement of bays. Blocked 'attic' lunette with brick arches above brick band spanning each gable. Left side projection has 4-light cavetto-moulded sandstone mullion window with roll-moulded architrave and thin tiled hood. Similar window above but with splayed mullions. 2 panes per light, iron casement in lower pane. The right-hand projection is now used as loose boxes. The facade openings being blocked but mullions still in situ internally. Between are 3 bays of 4-light stone windows 2 panes per light, with reused splayed mullions above with inserted stonework to enlarge the openings. 2 similar windows with cavetto-moulded mullions and square-cut architraves to each side of 4-panelled door with C20 slated canopy. Above porch is cartouche with armorial bearings and inscription "This house was built by George Ley Esq 1771". Over window to left of porch is shield with initials IG and HG over and 1638 below. To right side is shield initialled HP and dated 1790. Right-hand gable end has 2 blocked openings with cambered brick heads to each side of blocked Venetian window opening above 2 small square openings to each side of central door with corrugated asbestos canopy. Bank barn extending to rear as continuation of left hand projection. Stone with slate roof. Lean-to wash-house in angle of east front of barn with 2 square-headed doorways with timber lintels to right and large double winnowing door over. No outstanding features remain in the farmhouse. The 1638 datestone suggests the 3 central bays are C17 with wings and mullion windows to match of 1771.

Listing NGR: SS5575239341

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5