Description

NY 13 NW PLUMBLAND ARKLEBY

12/80 Arkleby Hall and
3.3.67 flanking walls

G.V. II

Farmhouse. Circa 1740 incorporating earlier house of 1725 with Thompson
coat-of-arms over front entrance. Incised cement render, with painted raised
quoins and cornice, on chamfered plinth. Graduated greenslate roof with coped
gables and kneelers; yellow brick chimney stacks. 2 storeys with attic, 5 bays
of double span. Top-glazed panelled door in bolection architrave within fluted
plaster doorcase under large segmental pediment enclosing coat-of-arms. Sash
windows in painted stone architraves. Yorkshire-sash attic windows in painted
stone surrounds. Short shaped flanking walls form integral part of house, that
to left surmounted by griffin holding coat-of-arms in its claws. Rear wall has
round-headed 2-light staircase window and small attic windows. Interior
datestone, inscribed G & J.T. 1725 (Gustavus & Johanna Thompson), has carved
bears and men on horseback, which appear to have no armorial significance. C20
extensions and farm buildings to left are not of interest.

Listing NGR: NY1427039744

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26511958

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Recommended Books

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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)