Description

CROSTHWAITE AND LYTH LYTH
SD 48 NE
4/17 Draw Well and Inman
30.7.63 Howe (formerly
listed as Draw Well
Farmhouse with
attached barn and
dairy)

II

House and barn, now converted to house. Probably early C18 with later
additions. Stone rubble with slobbered mortar, slate roofs. East elevation of
2 storeys and 3 bays, the 3rd bay an addition, the ground floor built into slope
of ground. Barn, now house, to south. Irregular fenestration. Draw well has
small light to 1st bay of ground floor; 2nd bay has small-paned fixed glazing
with opening light; 3rd bay has 2 small lights. 1st floor has small-paned
windows with pivoted upper parts. Entrance with gabled porch between 1st and
2nd bays, 2 cross-axial stacks. Inman Howe has outshut under catslide roof and
adjoining former barn entrance, now glazed, under pentice. 3 narrow lights.
Entrance to return of outshut and lower entrance to left hand end has door with
strap hinges and ventilation slots. South gable end has C20 windows to 2 levels
and C20 stack. Interior of Draw Well (not inspected) said to have some early
C18 panelling (provisional list).

Listing NGR: SD4571088186

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26500385

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Recommended Books

• 
  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
• 
  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2