Description

FIRBECK NEW ROAD SK58NE (south side) 3/19 Manor Farmhouse 29.7.66

GV II

Manorial farmhouse. Late C16 - early C17, altered. Rubble limestone, pantile roof. T-shaped plan. 2 storeys with former attics, west front 1:5 windows to 1st floor. Gabled cross-wing on left has chamfered plinth, large quoins and 4-light double-chamfered mullioned window with dripstone beneath similar 3- light window; blocked ovolo-moulded 2-light attic window with dripstone; roll- moulded gable copings; original 3-light 1st-floor opening to right return. Wing on right: original-sized 3-light mullioned window to left of inserted door with enlarged 3-light mullioned window to its right having hoodmould. 1st floor: casement with glazing bars against cross-wing, otherwise C20 mullioned windows of 2, 3, 1 and 3 lights with hoodmoulds. Ashlar gable copings to right with late C18 gadrooned finials. C20 stone ridge stack to cross-wing and to main ridge. Rear: cross-wing: attic window as front, 3-light 1st-floor opening to left return. Left return facing roadside: quoined, gabled bay to left of centre indicates 2 builds. Mullioned windows enlarged with concrete surrounds, traces of 2 original ground-floor openings and blocked 2-light attic window with dripstone, roll-moulded gable copings. Originally the manorial home of the Cressy family until purchased by William West of Moorgate Hall, Rotherham in the late C16.

Listing NGR: SK5635688478

External Links

• Wikidata Q26575180

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