Description

UP HOLLAND

SD50NW STONEY BROW, Roby Mill
783-1/2/119 (North side)
25/06/73 College Farmhouse
(Formerly Listed as:
SKELMERSDALE AND HOLLAND
STONEY BROW
Walthew Park Farmhouse)

GV II

Farmhouse. Probably late C17 or early C18, enlarged in later
C18, enlarged again and altered in C19. Coursed sandstone
rubble and coursed squared sandstone (the north range
watershot), with slate roofs and brick chimneys.
Large irregular rectangular plan formed by 3 ranges on an
east-west axis parallel to the lane, the earliest probably
that in the centre, the next on the south side (beside lane)
and the last at the rear. 2 storeys, the 4-window west front
composed of 3 unequal gables and the southernmost of these set
back and overlapped by a gabled 2-storey porch. This porch has
a square-headed doorway with rectangular lintel and studded
board door, and a square window above with altered glazing.
To the right, the west gable of the south range has one
3-light chamfered mullion window on each floor, both with
simple hoodmoulds and now blocked; its south side has 2
enlarged windows on each floor and a blocked former doorway at
the right-hand end; its east gable has blocked mullioned
windows like those at the front, and a gable chimney.
The wide intermediate gable of the west front has one square
window on each floor, with raised sills, thin lintels and
altered glazing; and the narrower gable to the left has a
doorway at the junction and one altered window on each floor,
all these with wedge lintels. Various chimneys. INTERIOR:
remodelled, but centre range has chamfered beams of C17 type.

Listing NGR: SD5188006088

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26514731

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)