Description

The following building shall be added:-
LORTON
NY 12 NE
1629-2//10001
Scales Farm Cottage
II
Farmhouse, unoccupied at the time of inspection. Dated 1668 on spinebeam, with C18
alterations and additions. Of rendered rubble stone on boulder foundations, with smooth
stone dressings and gable stacks, one of brick, one of stone. Westmorland slate roof laid
to diminishing courses. 2-cell end-lobby entrance plan with 2 phase lean-to service range
added at rear. West elevation; 2 storeys, 2 bays, with 3 window openings to ground floor,
that to centre a 2 light sandstone flush mullioned window, that to the left similar but with
the mullion removed.To the right, the opening has been enlarged, and has a flush
surround. All openings lack frames. 2 first floor former 2-light windows lack mullions but
the left bay has a covered C17 3-light mullioned window. North gable with plain
doorway and inserted fire window to right, possibly a replacement for a blocked fire
window in the west wall. South gable without openings. Interior; Hall and parlour served
by through passage along east wall. Masonry baffle and inserted timber partition
incorporating plank door enclose hall, which has chamfered and stopped spine beam
extending across passage and which carries carved inscription 'T.P. 1668'. Deep stone hood
to hearth rising from timber bressumer encloses early C18 surround, and former set pot
to east side. Oak joists to first floor which is reached by a stone winder stair. Stone
partition wall between hall and parlour, the latter with stone surround to inserted hearth.
An important and little altered example of the predominant end lobby entrance plan
house, now a rare survival.

Listing NGR: NY1666825348

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26530718

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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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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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)