Description

THORNTON DALE HIGH STREET
SE 8383
(north side)
14/100 Appletree Farmhouse
GV II
Farmhouse. C17; raised and altered later. Cruck frame encased in coursed
limestone rubble, raised in roughly dressed sandstone; pantile roof; brick
stacks. 2-cell, end-passage plan. 2 low storeys, 2-window front, with
single storey lean-to outbuilding to left. C20 board door approached by
stone steps in lean-to. Two 3-light, small-pane horizontal sliding sashes
to ground floor, with firewindow to end left. Two C20 3-light small-pane
horizontal sliding sashes to first floor. Thin timber lintels to all
openings. End left stack. Interior: two pairs of full crucks with tie
beams, collars and saddle apex survive in the cross wall and end wall to
right. Exposed beams throughout ground floor and two broach-stopped posts,
framing original doorway into houseroom. Plank and muntin partitioning
survives in upper floor. Stone fireplace with corbelled, moulded
mantleshelf in first room to right. Thatch is preserved beneath pantiles.

Listing NGR: SE8394483155

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26533989

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