Description

BENTHAM MAIN STREET, High Bentham
SD 66 NE
(north side)
6/15
Bigber Farmhouse (formerly
listed as Bigber)
20.2.58
GV II
Farmhouse. Dated 1727. Slobbered rubble, stone dressings, stone slate roof.
Two storeys, formerly three bays with fourth bay added on right-hand, probably
C19. Entrance left of centre has moulded surround and decorated lintel with
date and initials ML; C20 door. To left is ground floor 2-light flat faced
mullioned window and to right is heightened 2-light chamfered mullioned window
with hoodmould. On upper floor is C20 window with projecting sill and a 3-light
and a 2-light chamfered mullioned window. Right-hand extension has window with
plain surround on each floor. Left-hand shaped kneeler and gable coping. Gable
end ridge stacks, that to left projects and is supported on two stone corbels.
Interior not accessible.

Listing NGR: SD6642769334

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26451407

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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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  For the Record
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]