Description

SD 58 SW PRESTON RICHARD Milton

3/38 High Banks Farmhouse,
attached barn to left
and front garden
walls and railings

G.V. II

Farmhouse, attached barn at higher level and walls and railings to front
garden. Probably C18 with later alterations. Limewashed rubble walls;
graduated greenslate roof with stone ridge and 2 end chimneys. House: 2
storeys; 2 windows: early C19 casements with glazing bars except for later
replacement window, in keeping,to upper left. Central wide, gabled porch with
side benches, ball finial, moulded barge-boards and panelled door. Barn: 2
original board doors under shallow arches with voussoirs to ground floor;
loading door over. One bay taken into house with C20 casement. Decorative
cast-iron weathervane on gable to left. Rear of barn has waggon doors with
canopy and dove holes in gable. Low walls of limestone slabs carry wrought-iron
railings with cast-iron decorative finials and hammered standards. Monolithic
gateposts. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SD5293282987

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26430606

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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