Description

SEDBERGH

SD69NW HOWGILL LANE, Howgill
162-1/1/350 (East side (off))
Beck Farmhouse and attached barn

II

Farmhouse and attached barn. Probably late C17 or early C18;
altered. House of white-painted rubble (side and rear
unpainted), slate roof. L-plan formed by 2-unit single-depth
house on north-south axis facing west, with added lean-to
outshut to rear, and barn as projecting north-west wing.
EXTERIOR: house: 2 storeys and attic, 4 windows (the 4th
blocked). The ground floor has a square-headed doorway offset
left, protected by a gabled C20 wooden and glazed porch, a
square window to the left, and an oblong 2-light window and a
narrow rectangular 1-light window to the right, all these
windows with altered glazing; the 1st floor has 3 square
windows with altered glazing and a small blocked 1-light
window with chamfered reveal to the right. A detectable change
in the masonry above the 1st-floor windows suggests that the
eaves may have been raised. Gable chimneys, that to the right
short, square and corbelled out, with 2 prominent stone-slate
courses carried round. This chimney and the 1-light windows to
the right on each floor below it (which appear to have been
fire-windows), indicating that the house was built with a
firehood, are the external features which suggest a late C17
or early C18 date. Left gable covered by barn; right-hand
gable wall has small attic windows flanking the chimney. Barn:
of slobbered random rubble, has doorway offset right, 2
windows to the left and one to the right, all with rubble
voussoirs. INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SD6339496692

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26663978

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)