Description

SKENDLEBY LANGTON LANE
TF 46 NW (south side)

8/57 Skendleby Thorpe
Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse. Mid C17 with late C17, C18 and C19 alterations. Red
brick. Plain tile roof. Left gable and 2 ridge red brick
stacks. Set on a moulded brick plinth. First floor band with
first floor lintel band to the single right bay. 2 storey house
with single cross wing. 2 storeys, 5 bays. The right single bay
projects, is gabled and is 2 storeys plus attic. C19 red brick
and pantile porch with dentil eaves, decorative bargeboard, part
glazed door and Tudor style hood mould. In each side wall is a
single pointed arched light. Either side are single glazing bar
sashes, further left is a single small glazing bar sash and
further right a single tripartite glazing bar sash. Above are 2
glazing bar sashes with single similar tripartite sash in the
gabled bay. Rear with similar projecting single bay to the left.
Remains of a first floor band and a rendered plinth. Projecting
from the right is a C18 dairy with coped gable and tumbled
brickwork. Having a single glazing bar sash with single small 1
planked opening over. To the left is the late C17 lean-to stair
turret with single small pointed arched light in the side wall.
Further left are 2 doorways now part blocked, the right with
single small glazing bar sash, the left with single similar
larger sash. On the far left in the projecting bay is a doorway.
Above is a single Yorkshire sash with single blocked window
opening to the left with Tudor style hood mould. To the right is
a single glazing bar Yorkshire sash. In the attic is a single
glazing bar Yorkshire sash with the remains of a Tudor style hood
mould. Interior has a C17 moulded beam. There are C17 and C18
panelled doors, some with H-L hinges, some with C18 moulded
architraves.

Listing NGR: TF4268169932

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26641897

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