Description

ALDBROUGH CARLTON
NZ 11 SE
3/2 Carlton Green

- II

Farmhouse. Dated 1846. For the Duke of Northumberland. Sandstone rubble
with ashlar dressings, Westmorland slate roof. 2 storeys, irregular plan.
Jacobethan style. Ashlar plinth and quoins. Double-chamfered mullion
windows, some with original diamond glazing. South elevation: central 2-
storey projecting gabled porch, with door of vertical panels in chamfered
Tudor-arched ashlar surround with hoodmould; above, 2-light window in coped
gable. To left, on main range, 4-light mullion and transom window on ground
floor; 3-light window on first floor in coped gable. To right, 2 cross
windows on ground floor flanking stack-like projection having recessed panel
with shield and date. Ashlar coping to right. Corniced ashlar stack at
left end. Rear, to left, projecting 2-storey wing, with ground-floor 3-
light window and first-floor 2-light window; to right, in angle, single-
storey porch with doorway as south front; main range, ground-floor 2-light
window and first-floor single-light window in gable above, and 3-light
mullion and transom window on ground floor to right. Left return: 2 gabled
bays; in first bay, ground-floor 3-light mullion and transom window; on
first floor, two 2-light windows; in second bay, ground-floor 2-light window
with single-light window above, and external stack, staggered to meet first-
floor corbelled external stack, and with recessed panel with shield and
date. Right return: of 2 gabled bays plus 1 bay; in first bay, first-floor
3-light window; in second bay, ground-floor 4-light mullion and transom
window, first-floor 3-light window; in third bay, single-light first-floor
window and corbelled stack. This was the second Jacobethan-style farm
complex to be built by the estate, after Manor Farm (qv).

Listing NGR: NZ1976512546

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26424933

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