Description

SD 73 SE SIMONSTONE SCHOOL LANE

3/61 Cockshutts Farmhouse and
Cockshutts Farm Cottage
17.12.1968 formely listed as
Cockshott 's Farmhouse)
II

Farmhouse, probably C16 enlarged in C17, now 2 dwellings. Slobbered thin
sandstone rubble (except wing which is faced in squared sandstone), stone
slate roof with a chimney on the ridge at the junction of the bays, one at the
right gable, and another at the rear corner of the wing. T-shaped: 2-bay
through-passage plan hall-range with projecting stair-turret porch to 2nd bay,
and crosswing at left end. Two storeys; 2-storey porch with carried-down roof
has chamfered doorway to left, round headed light to right; hallpart has a
5-light window with recessed ovolo and fillet moulded mullions and a
hoodmould, an inserted door close to the wing on the left, at 1st floor a
similar 2-light window and a 12-pane sash. Gable wall of wing has windows of
5 lights at ground floor and a 4 lights above, both with cavetto-moulded
mullions and hoodmoulds. Right return wall has 2 small deeply-chamfered
round-headed lights on each floor (one blocked); rear of this part has 3
similar windows at 1st floor, and at ground floor 2 small windows and a wide
shouldered opening to a recessed doorway to the through-passage; rear of
hallpart has, inter alia, quoins to the junction, a recessed 2-light window at
1st floor (lacking the mullion), and a little square light above the back door
next to the wing; rear gable of wing has two 2-light windows at ground floor
and another above. Interior: crudely-chamfered beams in the hallpart, and a
smokehood in the chamber above; chamfered stone doorways to both rooms in the
crosswing (both of these made like external doorways, and one of them inside
out); parlour in front bay of wing has 2 beams supported by exceptionally
large moulded corbels in the outer wall; kitchen in rear bay has small
inglenook fireplace; wing has collar truss roof.

Listing NGR: SD7763534540

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26530787

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Recommended Books

• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living