Description

SOUTH BEDBURN HOWLEA LANE
NZ 13 SW
(East side)
11/167 Low Burnlea
GV II
House and barn, now 2 houses. Probably early C17, perhaps re-using earlier
crucks, with C20 alterations. Sandstone rubble with boulder plinth; roof of
C20 pantiles. Gable-entry plan. House 2 storeys, 3 bays; barn one high
storey, 3 bays attached at right, with lower one-storey, one-bay right
extension.

House has 3-light C20 windows with glazing bars, concrete sills and lintels,
in outer bays; central bay blank. Similar 2-light window in centre of barn.
Steeply-pitched house roof has 2 renewed end chimneys.

Interior of house shows beams, with ogee-stopped chamfers to floor joists in
left half of single ground-floor room, and no joists in right half. 2 pairs
of large crucks, those on rear wall rising from c.1.5 metres above ground
level; roof shows large pegged extended collars, with through purlins resting
on ends; and small collar at apex beneath renewed ridge set between tops of
blades.

Rebuilt one-storey left extension, and C20 front porch not of interest.

Listing NGR: NZ1091932242

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26414731

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (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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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version