Description

BARROW IN FURNESS

SD27SW STANK 708-1/4/248 (East side) 06/05/76 Stank Farmhouse and attached farm buildings (Formerly Listed as: STANK Stank Farmhouse and attached barn)

GV II

Farmhouse and attached farm buildings. C17 cruck-framed core altered and extended C18 and C19. Mixed rubble and yellow sandstone, graduated slate roofs. Elongated range of 4 builds stepping up hillside. Upper end to left is of 2 storeys and attic, 2 bays and deep plan; C17 part to right is 2 storeys, 3 bays with stair outshut to rear; converted single-bay outbuilding to right then a 2-storey, 3-bay farm building with partial outshut to rear. Upper end: later stone porch encloses chamfered doorway; 6-pane sash on left and two 4-pane sashes to 1st floor, all having projecting stone sills and plain lintels; ashlar end stacks with plinths and bands. C17 range: altered exterior has part-glazed door to right, another doorway (now casement) and 4-pane sashes; paired gutter blocks; ashlar end stack on right with plinth and band. Adjacent outbuilding: casement below boarded doorway. Farm building: central, quoined doorway to each floor; casement under stone arch on left; altered window to right; slit vents beneath eaves raised in red sandstone. Right return: blocked doorway with voussoirs; vent holes. INTERIOR of C17 part: beamed ceilings, spiral stair of solid oak treads. 1st floor: splat-balusters to landing; oak floor boards and ledged oak doors. One pair of cruck blades visible. A complex building that deserves more detailed study.

Listing NGR: SD2339070463

External Links

• Wikidata Q26580884

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: 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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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)