Description

SS 44 NE MORTEHOE NORTH MORTE

1/212 Bakery and detached kitchen
- approximately 2 metres north-west
22.6.81 of Northe Morte Farmhouse
- II

Bakery and detached kitchen to Northe Morte Farmhouse, possibly late Cl7. Morte
slatestone with some cob. Hipped scantling decreasing slate roof. Large axial
stack with slated weathering, heightened in brick. Small stack for copper at lower
end. Rectangular plan with outshut to rear with partly corrugated and partly Roman
tiled roofs and slated lean-to roof at lower end. Single storey, partly lofted at
upper end. Ledged plank door to front with 2 light window to left patched with
leaded panes. Blocked window opening at upper end. Large hearth with two ovens,
the one to rear is larger and brick-lined, with smaller cloam oven to left with its
rounded projection enclosed in the rear outshut. Slate flag floor intact. 3
smoke-blackened trusses with slightly curved principals and 2 tiers of purlins
entirely smoke-blackened. The building is unrestored.

Listing NGR: SS4609045551

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26456485

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)