Description

LOPEN CP WATER STREET (South side)
ST4214
8/59 Ballarat Farmhouse
(previously listed as Ballarat
House)

4.2.58

GV II

Detached farmhouse. Early C18. Ham stone coursed rubble, ashlar dressings; plain clay tiled roof, western section over
stone slate base courses, between stepped coped gables; brick chimney stacks. Two storeys with attics; 4-bays north
elevation. Bay 1 is set back and slightly lower, with a 2-light C20 window above, and to right of bay a 6-fielded-panel
door protected by open stone porch with Tuscan columns and pilaster and plain entablature; to left of bay 1 a
projecting wing, possibly a dairy, with boarded door and window in north gable, and leaded casement in west side:
remaining windows to this elevation chamfer-mullioned, with a 2-light to lower bay 2, plain above, and a 2-light
transomed window, deep, at upper level bay 3, matched by a similar window in the west gable. South elevation similar,
but the 2 west bays are in ashlar, and has another open porch to the left of the east bay. Attic window in east gable.
Interior not seen.

Listing NGR: ST4263014211

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26472289

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2