Description

SD 52NE CUERDALE CUERDALE LANE

5/4 Wood House Farmhouse
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- II

Farmhouse, probably early C18, with C19 addition to rear (not included in
the item). Rendered brick with stone plinth and stone dressings, slate
roof. Double-pile 2-bay plan. 2 storeys, symmetrical, with gable chimney
stacks, that on the right external and buttress-shaped. Ground floor has
3 sashed windows, the left one wider, 1st floor centre window blocked,
others top-hung casements, all windows have glazing bars and stone sills.
Interior: housepart has stone fireplace with shouldered jambs and slightly
arched head, chimney breast has pair of large projecting stone brackets at
ceiling level, supporting a bressummer beam ovolo-moulded at the ends but
with plain centre section jointed in at the brackets; ovolo moulded
bridging beams in housepart and in kitchen; one ground floor door and two
1st floor doors have shouldered panels; dog-leg staircase with C17-type
splat balusters. Roof, raised in C19, includes earlier central truss and
purlins. Original position of entrance not known.

Listing NGR: SD5772728802

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26643840

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)