Description

WHITTINGTON SD 57 NE

1/195 Docker Hall Farmhouse and barns attached on west side

II

House, early C17th, altered, and barns probably C18th. Sandstone rubble with steep slate roof. 2 storeys. To the left of the door a 6-pane sash with plain reveals cuts through a drip course. To the right is a modern window with cement and stone surround. On the 1st floor are 4 sashed windows with no glazing bars and plain reveals. On the ground floor there are the remains of 2 small blocked mullioned windows. On the 1st floor are 2 similar blocked windows. Above the latter a drip course has been cut back. The door has a rendered surround and an open timber porch. Chimneys on left-hand gable and to right of door. The rear wall has a 2-storey lean-to stair projection. At the left is a large projecting chimney stack with offsets. Interior has stone spiral staircase, now cased in wood. Roof space said to contain large timbers. Adjoining at right angles to the right-hand part of the facade is a range of buildings. The left-hand part, next to the main part of the house, has one bay at the left having rebated and chamfered window surrounds. Further right is a wide entrance with plain reveals and timber lintel. Above it is a plaque inscribed:'THM 1721'. At the right on the ground floor is a 2-light window with architrave and flat-faced mullion. On the 1st floor are breathers. Within this building is a doorway leading into the house with a re-set moulded Tudor-arched lintel. Set back slightly to the right is a barn of separate build. It has a wide entrance with a canopy with cheeks. Above its lintel on the inside is a re-set stone inscribed: 'WEB 1633'.

Listing NGR: SD5700975009

External Links

• Wikidata Q26458796

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Herefordshire (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)