Description

DENT

SD78NW DENTDALE
162-1/11/16 (North side)
14/06/84 Backstone Gill Cottage
(Formerly Listed as:
DENTDALE
Backstone Gill Cottage and Barn)

GV II

Small farmhouse, now house. Probably early C18; slightly
enlarged, and altered. Cream-painted random rubble with large
quoins, green slate roof (stone slate to outshut).
Single-depth 2-unit plan plus a lean-to porch-cum-outhouse
added to the centre and right-hand half of the front.
2 storeys and 2 windows. The lean-to porch, covering a doorway
offset right of centre, has a doorway in its left side and a
small square 4-pane fixed window in the front wall. Left of
the porch the ground floor has a small square 2-light casement
and a 1-light fire-window to the left of that (both with
renewed joinery). The 1st floor has 2 widely-separated small
square 2-light casements. The left gable has a large square
corbelled chimney. Rear has through-stones, and a small window
at 1st floor. Right-hand gable wall has 2 courses of prominent
through-stones, a small rubble lean-to outbuilding at ground
floor and a small window to the left.
INTERIOR: 2 large lateral beams in housepart to left;
staircase mounting from rear left corner.

Listing NGR: SD7161887142

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26663671

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy