Description

NY 70410 10780 ASBY

12/21 Farmhouse at Whygill
Head (known as Low
Whygill) and
adjacent barn

II

House and outbuildings built at different levels down hill-slope; 1749 and
later. Coursed, squared rubble (widely jointed) with quoins. Corrugated iron
roof to lower section which incorporates cross-passage with C20 garage doors to
left (replacing byre) and initialled and dated panel above (1749); hay-loft
access up steps at rear. Main house possibly earlier gable-entry plan to which
cross-passage was added; 2 rows of projecting through-stones and graduated slate
roof with stone end chimneys. Single C20 window to either side of part-blocked,
central, 2-light stone mullioned window; two C20 windows to 1st floor. To rear,
single C20 casement, 3-light stone mullioned window, and blocked single-light
window; two C20 casements to 1st floor. Up-slope is a byre with hay-loft under
a corrugated iron roof; range ends with added, lower, hay-loft under separate
corrugated iron roof.

Listing NGR: NY7041910790

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26598932

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)