Description

DEWSBURY CB THE COMMON
SE 21 NE (Thornhill)

6/35
Park House Farmhouse &
8/8/78 adjoining outbuildings

II

Original farmhouse c.1700 with adjoining mid C19 farmhouse and early
C19 barn. Outbuildings to rear mid C19. Deeply coursed, dressed
stone to early house, the rest hammer dressed stone. Stone slate
roofs the early part being lowest. The early house and barn are in
one range with the outbuildings at 90° to rear. The later house is
a crosswing to right. All 2 storeys. The early part has a later
central gabled porch. A single bay of altered windows to each side.
Outshut to rear. The later house has a symmetrical 3-bay facade with
small centre gable. The barn has large opposed elliptical arched
cart entries and, on the front, an arrangement of ventilation slits
and 2 square pitch-holes with rock-faced surrounds. At the rear the
outbuildings form a courtyard with the rear of the barn.
Stop chamfered beams in the early house.

Listing NGR: SE2518819306

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26428103

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Recommended Books

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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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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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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living