Description

CLAYTON-LE-DALE SHOWLEY ROAD (off)
SD 63 SE
5/20 Showley Fold Farmhouse and disused
24-11-1966 house adjoining to west
- II
Houses, 1747 and 1828. Sandstone rubble with roofs of stone slate and
slate. 2 storeys. The earlier house, now disused, faces south and is of
double-depth plan. On each side of a 2-storey gabled porch it has one bay
with 3-light flush chamfered mullioned windows, except for the right-hand
ground-floor window which is sashed with glazing bars and rendered
surround. The porch has a 2-light 1st floor window. The door has a quoined
surround with 'G D J 1747' inscribed on the lintel. Under the apex of the
gable, which is coped with kneelers, is a shield and inscription: 'T 1828
A'. Coped gables with chimneys. Overlapping the facade slightly at the
right is a narrow 2-storey wing projecting forwards from the gable wall of
the adjoining farmhouse. It has a coped gable with kneelers and ball
finial and a tall 1st floor window with chamfered surround, central
mullion, and hood. The east facade of the farmhouse has one bay on each
side of a 2-storey gabled porch. On the ground floor they have modern
French windows, the right-hand one in a chamfered stone surround with
hood. The 1st floor windows have similar surrounds with hoods. The 1st
floor porch window retains its central mullion. The door has a stone
surround with Tudor-arched head and hood. Coped gables with kneelers, the
porch gable having a pine cone finial. Gable chimneys with rendered
octagonal caps.

Listing NGR: SD6632032653

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26458010

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]