Description

SE 90 SW KIRTON IN LINDSEY NORTH CLIFF ROAD
(west side)

5/21 Mount Pleasant Farmhouse
and adjoining flanking
walls
-

- II

Farmhouse and adjoining flanking walls. Late C18, for William Richardson:
with later C19 and C20 alterations. House: coursed limestone rubble with
red brick dressings. Slate roof with yellow brick stacks. Wall: coursed
limestone rubble with brick dressings and ashlar coping. House: double-pile
plan. 2 storeys, 5 bays; symmetrical. Stone steps to central projecting
stuccoed porch with glazed door and overlight in recessed surround beneath
moulded cornice. Flanked by canted bay windows with sashes with glazing
bars, and 8-pane sashes in flush wooden architraves. 12-pane flush sashes
to first floor. All sashes have stucco cambered arches, cills and brick
surrounds. Plain eaves board. Late C19 hipped roof, axial stacks.
Flanking walls adjoining rear of left and right returns. 5 bays each,
symmetrical, with alternate narrow and wide round-headed reccesses, 1 narrow
opening on the left with a plank door, 3 others blocked. House forms a
prominent feature in the landscape. Interior of no special interest.

Listing NGR: SE9377600346

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26454349

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6