History

Large c.1700 one-and-a-half storey vernacular farmhouse with later C19 alterations.

Exterior

Rubble construction with old slate roof and rendered end chimneys with weather-coursing. 4-bay main (S) front with entrance to bay 2; this via 4 stone steps. Later whitened rubble porch with hipped slate roof; ribbed, boarded door. 4-pane recessed C19 sash windows to both floors, those to the firs tsmaller and contained within rubble hipped dormers. To the R a later extension with long mono-pitch roof; modern wooden garage doors to former cart entrance and deeply-recessed shuttered light above. To the rear, 3 dormers as before and 6 and 4-panee C20 windows. Modern extension to R with hipped slate roof.

Interior

6-panelled door to ground-floor L room; this with ogee stopped-chamfered main beams. Full beamed ceiling to R room with detailing as before; fireplace with plain topped-chamfered bressummer. Good, simple contemporary dog-leg stair with panelled newel posts with flat tops; turned balusters and an upper bobbin-turned landing.

Reasons for Listing

An early vernacular farmhouse with well-preserved historic character.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29493734

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings