Description

ACOMB ST JOHN LEE
NY 9365
20/53 Farmbuildings and
walls north of
Riding Farmhouse

GV II

Planned farmbuildings dated 1858, modified, yard covered over and cartshed built
c.1900. Coursed rubble with dressings except for snecked stone cartshed and
timber covered yard; Welsh slate roofs. Ranges around rectangular yard open to
south, with barn running north from centre of north range, and gingang on west
of barn. Attached cartshed to north-west; north-east part of yard covered over.

North range 2 storeys. Central segmental arch with dated shield-shaped tablet
M
bearing initials H D over; 2 similar arches to right. Front wall of left
part of range removed when covered yard built. Single-storey side ranges have
various boarded doors and casement windows, mostly in alternating-block surrounds;
coped gables at south end of ranges. Short flat-coped wall links west range
with farmhouse outbuilding (q.v.). Covered yard has low rubble walls with
arched coping carrying triple-gabled superstructure with slatted walls and
bargeboards; central part of each roof span raised, with slatted sided; king-
post roof trusses.

Rear elevation shows end of short north-east wing to left, with external stone.
stair and pigeon holes in gable under canopy. Second external stair on left
return of central barn; on right of barn circular gingang with 6 piers and
conical roof. To far right a projecting cartshed with boarded doors under timber
lintels on left return and 2 tall leaded roof vents with louvred sides and
ornamental domed caps.

A good mid C19 planned farm, notable for the unusual quality of the additions
and alterations of c.1900.

Listing NGR: NY9349765951

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26651762

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)