Description

THORNTON DALE HIGH STREET SE 8383 (south side) 14/117 Church Farmhouse and attached cottage GV II House and attached byre; now house and cottage. C17; raised, subdivided and extended C20. Coursed limestone rubble; French tile roof; rebuilt brick stacks. Originally 3-cell, through-passage plan; service wing at left rear added. 2-storey, 2-window high end to left, with single storey low end. 4-panel door to low end, at left. High end windows are 2-light small-pane horizontal sliding sashes to both floors, with fixed-light fire window to ground floor right and similar small window to left of centre. Windows to low end are C20 insertions. Thin timber lintels to all openings. End stacks to high end. Interior: two pairs of full, jointed crucks with collars and apex saddles survive in the cross walls of the rooms to left and right of the through passage. Bressummer beam in first room to left is a re-used cruck blade. Low C18 panelled door with H-L hinges to ground floor end room to left.

Listing NGR: SE8392683123

External Links

• Wikidata Q26551621

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