Description

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SD 66 NE
6/2

BENTHAM
Kirkbeck Farmhouse

(Formerly listed as Kirkbeck)

20.2.58

II

Farmhouse. Dated 1676 with later C17 and C20 alterations. Slobbered rubble, stone dressings, slate roof. 'F' plan comprising long rear range with small right-hand gabled projecting wing and larger gabled projecting wing to right of centre which contained original lobby entrance. Two storeys, six bays. Present left-hand entrance has moulded surround and basket arched lintel with imitation voussoirs, dated and inscribed *P/A', C20 door. Continuous hoodmould over ground floor three-light window, now blocked. On upper floor in single-light double chamfered window to left; fixed light; two-light cavetto mullioned window to right with C20 casements. Eaves modillions, left-hand gable end ridge stack. Later gabled porch to right of centre has left-hand entrance, moulded surround and decorated lintel, now badly weathered with fleur-de-lis motif. Continuous hoodmould over with ground-floor two-light cavetto mullioned window to right. On upper floor is stepped three-light window with cavetto mullions and roundheads; stepped hoodmould; C20 casements and fixed lights. Blocked two-light cavetto mullioned window in gable. One bay between two wings has three-light double chamfered cavetto mullioned window on ground floor; dripstone over, C20 casements and fixed lights. Left-hand wing cuts into dripstone and later right-hand wing butt-joints window. Upper floor two-light double chamfered cavetto mullioned window; C20 fixed lights. Eaves modillions. Gable-end of right-hand wing is blocked by later barn. Left-hand return has C20 door to right and two-light double chamfered cavetto mullioned window on upper floor with C20 casements.

Rear: two storeys, six bays contains C17 mullioned windows in both storeys.

Interior: basket-arched entrance to parlour to left of former inglenook fireplace (now gone).

Listing NGR: SD6507168266

External Links

• Wikidata Q26424565

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (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, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)