Wiserley Hall Farmhouse

WOLSINGHAM WEAR BANK NZ 03 NE (North end, off) Wolsingham 22/398 (inset) Wiserley Hall 31.1.67 Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse. C17 with C18 alterations. Coursed rubble with boulder plinth and ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roof with overlapping stone gable copings at-left; brick chimneys, some on rendered stacks. Cross-passage plan with rear stair wing. East elevation to garden 2 storeys, 5 bays. Half-glazed central door in square-headed surround which has moulded quirk-stopped chamfer. Label moulds over door, ground-floor windows and 3 right first-floor windows, all in single- chamfered surrounds. Fire window to left of door. Mullions removed from ground-floor windows, formerly of 2 or 3 lights and from first-floor right end window. Third and fourth first-floor windows have mullions and vertical iron bars of diagonal section. 2 left first-floor windows have late C19 and 16-pane sashes respectively.

Interior: round-headed doorway and plank door on left of-passage towards rear. Other doors mostly have 2 raised and fielded panels in very deep panelled reveals; pegged panelled and moulded cellar door. Chamfered beams and joists with run-out and stepped stops. Early C18 cupboard in left room has panelled doors along length of room under dresser with glazed doors having horizontal flat glazing bar in fret-cut scroll pattern; corner flat baluster supports shelf. Late C17/early C18 dog-leg close-string stair has ramped, moulded handrail on turned balusters (first flight balusters removed); very shallow risers; L-plan landing balustrade.

Adjacent right byre too much altered to be of interest.

Listing NGR: NZ0855336242