Description

SEDBERGH

SD69NW HOWGILL LANE, Howgill
162-1/1/352 (East side (off))
Blands Gill Farmhouse, with attached
barn to north

II

Farmhouse, with attached bank barn. House dated 1766 at 1st
floor, altered; barn built subsequently. Mixed random rubble
with quoins, graduated green slate roof, stone slate to porch.
The house is double-depth and double-fronted. 2 storeys and 2
windows, almost symmetrical; a wide gabled porch offset right
of centre with a square-headed outer opening and stone side
benches; 2 small rectangular windows on each floor, all with
raised sills and large stone wedge lintels, and all with
altered glazing; small round-headed datestone above porch,
inscribed "B / L A / 1766". Rear: stair-window offset left,
with altered glazing and a stone slate drip-course above, and
1 window on each floor to the right, both with altered
glazing. The barn to the left has shippon doorways to the
front and a hay-store above entered from higher ground to the
rear, where there is a wide lean-to porch.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Apart from altered window joinery, a good example of a mid to
later C18 farmhouse.

Listing NGR: SD6365695082

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26663980

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)