Description

SOWERBY BRIDGE MIREY LANE
SE 0223 & SE 0323
(east side), Sowerby
11/133
Upper Snape ( and
attached barn)
12.lO.78
(formerly listed
separately)
GV II
Farmhouse and attached barn. House dated 'AH' '1677' with bay added probably mid
C18; barn mid-late C18. Large blocks of coursed squared stone, stone slate
roofs. House 2 storeys, 3 bays with added bay on right from which projects 3-bay
barn at right angles; house has outshut to rear left. House: plain-stone surround
doorways to bays 1 and 2; on left of bay 2 a chamfered, quoined, basket-arched
doorway. Double-chamfered mullion windows on ground floor of 5 (now 3), 4 (now 2)
and 2 (now 1) lights and a single-chamfered mullion window of 4 (now 2) lights; on
1st floor single-chamfered mullion windows of 4 (now 2), 4 (now 2), and 3 (now 2)
lights. Ground-floor dripmould over door and flanking windows, the stops with
initials and date. Kneeler and ashlar coping to left; 3 ridge stacks, that on
left with capstone. Rear: quoins; outshut has a 9-light, now 5-light,window; a
2-light, now 1-light, window to left and 1st floor of left bay;

added bay on far left has two 2-light flat-faced mullion
windows on each floor, those on ground floor blocked, the left-hand one above
without mullion. Barn, gable end, has a plain stone surround doorway on left, and
2 windows, left one with cill lowered, right one an insertion. In right return a
round-arched cart-entry with tiestones and raised keystone and a 2-light window
above (mullion removed). Interior: house: in housebody a tall stone fireplace
with chamfered lintel, probably C18; stop-chamfered spine beams, scarf-jointed
indicating presence of former bressumer and firehood. In parlour: stone fire-
place; 2 spine beams, one stop-chamfered, supported on stone corbels. Barn: two
queen-post roof trusses.

Listing NGR: SE0293423441

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26480102

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Recommended Books

• 
  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)