Description

BRAMPTON
SK37SW WIGLEY
1264-0/2/119 Wigley Farmhouse
31/01/67
(Formerly Listed as:
OLD BRAMPTON
Wigley Farmhouse)
II
House. Early C17 with C18 and C20 alterations and additions.
Coursed rubble Coal Measures Sandstone, with quoins and ashlar
dressings, coped gables with moulded kneelers, ridge and gable
stone stacks, and a concrete tiled roof covering. T-plan
house, with off-centre lobby entrance. South elevation of 2
storeys and 5 bays, with former quoined corners to a central
3-bay range now incorporated within a 5-bay range, with the
two end bays apparent additions. Off-centre doorway by former
quoined corner at the east end, with plain stone jambs, now
heavily rendered, and a shallow bracketed canopy. C20 glazed
door. Added bay to east with 6-light recessed chamfered
mullioned window incorporating two major mullions, beneath a
drip mould. Above, a 3-light mullioned window of the same
period. To the west of the doorway a 2-light flush mullioned
window, and a former 2-light chamfered mullioned window, now
with the mullion removed. Above, a 3-light chamfered mullioned
window, the mullions widely spaced. The next bay to the west
has stacked 3-light recessed chamfered mullioned windows. West
bay also with stacked windows, of 2 lights, and also of
greater width than what are presumed to be earlier mullioned
windows. East and west gables are rendered and have two
2-light wide- chamfered mullioned windows. North elevation
with projecting central gabled range, C20 doorway, and 2
former 2-light C17 chamfered mullioned windows above. The
first floor opening with the mullion missing, and a blocked
attic light above. The roof to the east of the rear elevation
is a catslide roof, that to the right is the same height as
the front pitch. C20 single-storey gabled extension to west
end. INTERIOR completely remodelled.

Listing NGR: SK3157471887

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26605716

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Recommended Books

• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
• 
  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
• 
  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)