Description

NZ 34 NE
3/14

EAST MURTON
MURTON VILLAGE
East Farmhouse

GV
II

Farmhouse. Mid C18 with early C19 addition to left. Limewashed rubble, pantiled
roofs and renewed brick stacks. Long, narrow rectangular plan. Early C18 range has
2 storeys, 4 windows. Massive stone plinth. 2 steps up to C19 3-panel door with
overlight at left. Blocked original doorway and a 16-pane horizontal sliding sash
window to right. Remaining windows have C19 4-pane sashes and all windows have
wedge lintels of oak. Plain close eaves. Low, coped gable parapet with kneelers.
Moderately-pitched roof includes some black-glazed pantiles. C20 brick gable stacks.
Attached lower early C19 range to left: 2 storeys, 2 windows. 4-pane sashes. Low
pitched roof, hipped at left, has C20 central ridge stack. Single-bay left return.

Interior: C18 range has one ground floor room with ceiling beams of differing
widths. Some of these beams are chamfered, some are plain and all may have been
re-used from an earlier building. 3 pairs of heavy upper crucks are partly visible
in first floor bedrooms of C18 range. 2 pairs of thin upper crucks also partly
visible in the early C19 addition.

Listing NGR: NZ3859747101

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26566827

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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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