Description

TARSET THORNEYBURN
NY 78 NE
31/97 Redheugh Farmhouse

GV II

House, incorporating a bastle house. C16 or early C17, remodelled 1732 for
William Charlton. Ramdon rubble with ashlar dressings, graduated Lakeland slate
roof. Two storeys, 3 bays with lower one-bay extension to right.

Central half-glazed door in raised stone surround with lintel inscribed W C
in moulded panel. On the ground floor 3 sash windows in raised stone 1732
surrounds, one a C20 insertion. On 1st floor 3 similar windows. Steeply-pitched
gabled roof with flat coping and kneelers. On right return a re-used C16 doorhead
with roll moulding and apparently meaningless inscription of letters and numbers.

Interior has walls c.36 inches thick. Two- and 3-panelled doors. Drawing room
has C18 cornice with vine scrolls and late C18 fireplace with gesso decoration.

Ramm, McDowall, Mercer: Shielings and Bastles : HMSO : 1970.

Listing NGR: NY7840688497

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26589991

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]