Holywell Farmhouse, Byre And Carthouse

WOLSINGHAM UPPER TOWN NZ 0737 (West side, off) Wolsingham 39/396 Holywell farmhouse, 31.1.67 byre and carthouse GV II

Farmhouse, byre and carthouse. Late C17; alterations dated 1774 over door. Roughly-coursed sandstone with quoins and ashlar dressings. Roof C20 tiles and stone flags with stone gable copings and stone and brick chimneys. 2 storeys; farmhouse at left has 4 windows, byre at right has 3; one-storey, one-bay pent left extension and right cart-house. House with quoins at right keyed into byre, has door in plain stone surround in second bay; door lintel incised TM 1774. Similar surrounds to 6-pane sashes in horizontal windows, one above door. Byre at right has flat-Tudor-arched head to door in first bay; stop-chamfered jambs; chamfered square-headed surround to door at right; 3 small square boarded openings above have flat stone sills and lintels. Keyed segmental-headed surround to vehicle entrance with boarded doors in right extension under flat- stone-coped stepped parapet descending from left to right. House roof has end chimneys; copings rest on curved kneelers. Stone-flagged roof on left extension. Rear elevation shows stair tower with intersecting tracery in round-headed window; flanking outshuts; side steps to wide loft door under wood lintel.

Interior: wide segmental-arched chamfered chimney opening; dog-leg stair with ramped handrail on wide stick balusters; half landing; 2-panel doors with central bead and original H hinges; door from kitchen to main room has pegged moulded frame holding 8 panels.

On grass verge in front of house are stone steps of which the bottom one seems to be a re-used lintel incised T J M.

Listing NGR: NZ0771337871