Survey Data
Reg No
22205312
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Archaeological, Architectural
Previous Name
Buildings Farm
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1820 - 1860
Coordinates
215004, 145351
Date Recorded
27/05/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay two-storey house, built c. 1840, with recent two-storey flat-roofed extension to rear and recent conservatory extension to north gable. Pitched artificial slate roof with red brick chimneystacks. Painted smooth rendered walls, having render quoins and plinth. Square-headed window openings with moulded render surrounds, painted sills and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed door opening with render surround and replacement timber panelled double doors with decorative overlight and flight of limestone steps. Ruined outbuildings and medieval towerhouse to rear. Cut limestone piers and rubble limestone walls with cast-iron double-leaf gates.
Appraisal
Although extended and altered, the main elevation retains its characteristic form and quality. The render quoins and window surrounds serve to embellish and define the structure of the house. The asymmetrically and unequally spaced openings, the long narrow form with pitched roof, and the square-headed doorway are pointers towards the vernacular rather than polite farmhouse origin of this building.