Description

SKELMERSDALE

SD40NE ELMERS GREEN LANE 783-1/1/17 (East side) 25/06/73 Widdows Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse, now house. Dated 1680 on left gable; altered. Coursed sandstone rubble, composition tile roof. L-plan formed by 2-unit main range with added kitchen wing to rear of 1st unit. Two low storeys and 3 windows; with a C20 glazed porch to an altered or inserted doorway at the right-hand end, a large C20 bow window to the left, between these a 5-light mullioned window with a simple hoodmould, and at 1st floor two 3-light mullioned windows and a small single-light window between them. Ridge chimney. The left gable wall has mullioned windows of 5 lights at ground floor and 3 lights above, and a datestone with raised lettering: I/ WK/ 1680, and to the rear is a low wing with a C20 porch. The right-hand gable wall has two 2-light windows at ground floor and one 3-light window above, all with simple hoodmoulds. C20 addition in rear angle. INTERIOR: remodelled but 1st bay and back kitchen have chamfered beams. Forms a group with barn approximately 15 metres west (qv).

Listing NGR: SD4988806726

External Links

• Wikidata Q26579479

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Recommended Books

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)