Description

ASKHAM NY 5023 NY 5123 16/19 Keld Head Farmhouse and attached barn -

GV II Farmhouse and barn. House has lintel reading: "IT/1704", barn dated 1814; later additions. Rough-cast stone, barn of dressed stone with ashlar dressings; slate roofs. House of 2 storeys and 5 bays, the 1st an addition, with projecting barn to right. Coped gable with kneelers. Square windows have chamfered reveals and casements, probably originally with flat-faced mullions; 2 windows to 5th bay of ground floor; 1st bay has tall window. Gable porch to 4th bay has return entrance and inner entrance with dated lintel. Ashlar cross-axial stack has cap. Barn has 3 cow house entrances and 2 windows; winnowing door has dated lintel; square ventilation holes. Projecting gable-end stack next to house. Rear has gabled wing with sashed windows with glazing bars; lean-to outshut with small-paned fixed glazing with opening lights; 2-light single-chamfered- mullioned window. Barn has ramp to entrance and lean-to outshut to left, part of long gabled wing with stone slate roof.

Listing NGR: NY5116623684

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