Description

LOWESWATER LOWESWATER NY 12 SW 13/180 Godferhead Farmhouse 3-3-67 (previously listed as "Godferhead") II

Farmhouse. Mid C17 with extension dated and inscribed over doorway RS 1773. Painted roughcast walls on projecting plinth stones, the extension of painted roughcast with eaves cornice and V-jointed quoins, all under graduated greenslate roof with roughcast chimney stacks. Original house is low 2 storeys, 2 bays; extension at right-angles is higher 2 storeys, 3 bays. Original house has 2- and 3-light ground-floor stone-mullioned windows under continuous hood. Upper-floor 2-light stone-mullioned windows. Extension has glazed and panelled door in pilastered surround under open segmental pediment. Sash windows with glazing bars in painted stone architraves. Right return wall of original house has plank door in C19 painted stone surround. Contemporary outshut at rear has small casement windows in original plain reveals. Rear of extension has round-headed staircase window with radial glazing bars.

Listing NGR: NY1459921357

External Links

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  For the Record
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas