Description

SD 92NE WADSWORTH C.P. PURPRISE LANE SD 991299

7/252 Purprice Farmhouse

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G.V. II

House late C17, attached to rear of Lower Purprice (q.v.) with which it originally formed a single dwelling. Hammer-dressed stone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys. 3-room plan originally with rear baffle entry; one cell is demolished but part of wall with 4-light double chamfered mullioned window survives. 6-light window to left with lowered sill altered to 3 lights with new mullions; 6-light window (lacks 2 mullions). 1st floor has 2 chamfered mullioned windows of 4 lights each lacking 2 mullions. Quoins to left hand return wall only which has coped gable with kneelers and stack. One other stack to ridge. Rear has fine Tudor arched doorway with moulded surround and sunken spandrels near to junction with Lower Purprice. Interior: Door enters against heck screen formed by large dressed stones. Division wall between 2 rooms formed by single-skin ashlar blocks which splays out to carry double depth wall and spine beams.

Listing NGR: SD9913729915

External Links

• Wikidata Q26521303

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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