Description

SW 73 NE ST GLUVIAS

1/106 Roskrow Barton Farmhouse
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GV II

Farmhouse. Circa late C18. Granite ashlar front, otherwise granite rubble with
granite dressings. Steep asbestos slate roof with granite ashlar stacks over coped
gable ends. Outbuilt stack at left-hand end. Cast-iron ogee-section gutters.
Plan: Double-depth plan: 2 rooms at the front flanking a wide entrance hall leading
to a stair hall between back kitchen on the left and service room on the right plus a
C19 dairy built at right angles behind the right-hand side.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Nearly symmetrical 3-window south-east front. Approximately
central doorway within old granite porch. Original 6-panel door. Original
tripartite hornless sashes with glazing bars and some original crown glass. Wide
window openings spanned by keyed flat arches.
Interior: Simple interior with most of its original carpentry and joinery including
the first floor and roof structures. Open-well stair with rectangular balusters;
probable 2-panel doors (boarded over); large fireplace in back kitchen with domed
granite and brick oven, behind the left-hand jambstone.

Listing NGR: SW7644535896

Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings