Description

SE 16 SE BEWERLEY BEWERLEY
8/87
U-shaped range of
farmbuildings including
attached wall, railings
and gateway immediately to westat
farmhouse at the Farmstead

GV II

Combination farmbuilding now cowhouse, disused hen-house and loose boxes.
c.1870, with later addition. For the Yorke family of Bewerley Hall.
Deeply-coursed, dressed sandstone; graduated Welsh slate roofs. U-shaped
plan: elongated 2-storey main range with 1-storey wings on east side flanking
a paved yard which is enclosed by walls, railings and gates on east side;
further walls enclose yards on south side and orchard on west side. Main
range (east side) : slatted casement to ground floor on left of external stone
steps with iron handrail; beneath the landing is a folding door and above is a
boarded door in quoined opening; 2 slatted casements to 1st floor. Corniced
stack at eaves on left; hipped roof. Wing to front left ; quoined openings;
window flanked by doors at front end, hipped roof. Right return has boarded
doors pierced by slot vents; round-arched opening on right with stone ledge
inclined towards internal water trough. Left return has similar doors with
narrow windows between. Wing to front right (of slightly later date) has a
series of slatted casements and doorways (some blocked) to its left return;
front end window beneath hipped roof. The yard between the wings is enclosed
by dwarf walls with railings which curve in to simple iron gates hung on
round headed stone piers. Attached wall on south side of range has chamfered
copings and curves round to line roadside and to enclose 2 yards; wall
continues on left side of the 2-storey range to enclose an orchard. Major
element of planned home farm formerly serving Bewerley Hall.

Listing NGR: SE1638064525

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26553490

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)