Description

SCOSTHROP KIRKBY MALHAM ROAD
SD 95 NW
(West Side)
9/10 Town End Farmhouse
Grid Ref: SD 3901 4596
GV II
Farmhouse. Early C19 with C17 origins. Slobbered rubble, stone dressings, stone
slate roof. Two storey, double fronted. Central entrance has projecting plain
surround of milled sandstone. Four-panel door, upper two glazed with segmental-
arched heads. All 4 windows are 3-light and have slightly projecting plain
surrounds of milled stone, and projecting sills. All have fixed outer lights and
late C19 sashes (no glazing bars). Stone coping to gables and shaped kneelers.
Gable-end ridge stacks, 1 right-hand stack of brick. Right-hand return shows signs
that the roof has been heightened. Left gable end weather wall projects slightly
beyond coping. Scattered fenestration at the rear includes 3 double-chamfered 2-
light windows with mullions now cut out and one 3-light double chamfered window
with cavetto mullions and square heads. Former well cover to right of house of
rock-faced stone includes reused datestone inscribed 1608 AMF with a halberd carved
on it. Former privy behind house contains a reused chamfered doorway with recessed
spandrels and datestone inscribed 1688 M and with a halberd and flower head carved
on it. W A

Listing NGR: SD9010059600

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26425326

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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