Description

NY 70 SW (INSET)
19/120
17.7.85

RAVENSTONEDALE
LOW LANE
(South side)

Bowberhead farmhouse & byres adjoining

II

GV

Farmhouse. Probably late C17. Porch and west end added: 1717 date, with
initials R.H. (Robert Hunter), on panel above door. Byres adjoining east end
probably C17. Wet-dashed rubble with quoins. Graduated slate roofs to house,
graduated stone flags to byre. Wing with lean-to porch to rear of house.
2 storeys. House 6 bays: Rusticated quoins at east end and full-height gabled
porch which has panelled door in chamfered surround; sash to left, original fire
window and 4 sashes to right. Sash to 1st floor left, casement in chamfered
surround and blocked owl-hole above; 4 sashes to right. Stone copings and
kneelers to west end and porch; rendered chimneys at ends of original house and
rear wing. 3-bay byre has casement on front elevation and 2 doors to rear.
House interior contains some original woodwork (some re-used from other
buildings).

Listing NGR: NY 74091 03197

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26452559

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Recommended Books

• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (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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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version