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NZ 133901
NZ 19 SW
5/151

NETHERWITTON
STANTON
The Old Farmhouse and adjacent outbuilding to northwest

(Formerly listed as Townhead Farmhouse and adjacent outbuilding to north-west)

GV
II
House. Eastern block late C17, outshut and first western extension probably early C18, the latter remodelled and kitchen block added early C19; second western extension mid C19. Stone with dressings; slate roofs.

South front in three parts: two storey, two bay left section of squared tooled stone with tooled-and-margined quoins and dressings. Six-panel door in second bay, six-pane sash windows with slightly-projecting sills; all openings in alternating-block surrounds. Coped gables, stepped rendered end stacks. Set back to left, single-storey outbuilding with reverse-stepped gable. Middle slightly lower two storey section of tooled roughly-squared stone. Blocked door in second bay with twelve-pane sash window inserted; similar windows in left bay have tooled and margined lintels; stone right end stack. Right section one and half storeys, three bays, rubble with roughly-shaped quoins. Right sixteen-pane fixed window in former door opening, left twelve-pane Yorkshire sash and tiny four-pane stair window. Two slatted windows beneath eaves, C20 dormer. Right return shows reverse-stepped gable above roof of adjacent barn (q.v). Rear elevation: added kitchen block shows Yorkshire sashes, outshut to left has Yorkshire sash and old fixed windows.

Interior: eastern section retains heavy transverse ceiling beams, stair against former west wall, stud-and-daub partition at first floor level and old collar-beam roof trusses. Centre and western sections have C19 fittings including panelled shutters.

Listing NGR: NZ1325490073

External Links

• Wikidata Q26591038

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)