Description

SE 11 SE MARSH HALL LANE Thurstonland 5/70 Blake House 23rd June 1965

G.V. II

Large farmhouse. Mid C17 with C19 alterations. Deeply coursed hammer dressed stone. Stone slate roof with gable copings on moulded kneelers. Two storeys. Double gabled west side with long range to right. Single, projecting gable to east, which has C19 windows. The west gables have double chamfered windows: one 4-light to each floor with C19 doorway, to right gable. One 5-light window with hood mould to 1st floor of left gable, a large later 2-light window to ground floor and a staircase cross-window. The range to right has C19 openings to both elevations including one 6-light and one 8-light window (the latter with 3 blocked lights), to east elevation 1st floor. This range contains some timber framing and posts. The main parlour in the gabled part of the house has an excellent ceiling with 2 main beams and 3 secondary beams, joists and secondary joists all stop-chamfered.

H. J. Moorhouse, The History of Kirkburton & the Graveship of Holme, 1861.

Listing NGR: SE1672211286

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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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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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)