Description

ACOMB ACOMB VILLAGE
NY 9366 (South side)
18/14
Acomb High House

II

House. Late C17 with new front block added in early C19 ('recently enlarged'
in 1823) and further alterations c.1870. Front tooled stone with raised
tooled-and-margined quoins and dressings, rear coursed rubble with roughly-
shaped quoins. Welsh slate roofs on early C19 parts, stone slates on rear wing,
brick stacks.

Front in 2 sections. Main part 2 storeys, 4 bays. Plinth, sill bands. C20
gabled porch, in bay 3; 12-pane sash windows. Coped gables with end stacks.
Lower part to left has 2 doorways in old surrounds, probably re-set; that to far
I
left has chamfer, stepped on lintel dated 1694 with initials T A.

Rear elevation 2 storeys, 3 + 3 bays. Taller left part has central 6-panel door
under leaded latticed overlight in raised alternating-block surround, inside
C20 porch; late C19 2- and 3-light casement windows. Coped gables with moulded
kneelers, end stacks rebuilt on old bases. Lower right part shows similar
fenestration. Left return shows blocked chamfered light to 1st floor.

C20 porches not of interest.

Listing NGR: NY9336466532

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26446704

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Recommended Books

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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5