Description

MITGHELGATE
1.
5166 (north side)
Abbot Hall
SD 6078 NE 5/126 21.11.52
II

2.
C17 yeoman's house, altered C18 and C19. Two storeys. Pebbledashed. Slate roof.
Three chimneys all rebuilt C19. Gabled porch through both storeys at extreme right.
Widely spaced stone brackets under guttering. Windows of two and three lights,
mullioned, chamfered and rebated. Those to porch and ground floor right have
individual hoodmoulds. Those to left on both floors have continuous labels or
strings. Doorway in porch has round head and label, C19. Plank door. Doorway to
left hand side with plain stone surround. Six panel door. Back plain, C18 or C19,
rubble.
Interior. On ground floor to right hand side large fireplace with rough segmental
head. In same room elaborate court cupboard with panels and hood with pendants,
carved with "IKD 1632". In present entrance hall muntin-and-plank partition and
corbelled C18 chimneypiece. Staircase at rear, late C17. Stairs of complex form,
dogleg with two branches at first landing. Closed string, square newels with turned
finials, and turned balusters. C17 panelling to left hand wall of staircase, which
forms one wall of first floor parlour. The other walls of parlour have early C18
panelling with cornice and dado. At right hand side rear is stone spiral stair. On
first floor at right, front room with some C17 panelling and fitted cupboard similarly
panelled. Heavy tie beam roof.
The right hand part of this house is thought to be the older part and was formerly
thatched. It was until recently a farmhouse. (Annals, RCHM, NLVAS).

Listing NGR: SD6089778682

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26598174

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