Former Farmhouse At West Farm

STREATLAM AND STAINTON STAINTON VILLAGE NZ O1 NE 13/216 Former farmhouse at West Farm

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Farmhouse, cottage and stable, now storage building. Early C18 probably incorporating earlier house, with early C19 extension and mid C19 addition. Sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and some quoins; stone-flagged roof with stone gable coping and stone, brick and rendered chimneys; Welsh slate roof on addition, pantiled and corrugated asbestos on rear outshut. 2 low storeys, 5 bays and right set-back one-storey, 2-bay stable addition. First 2 bays have renewed door at right in plain stone surround and similar surrounds to square late C19 ground-floor and 4-over-8 first-floor sashes. 3 right bays project slightly, with left corner re-built almost to eaves level, and have similar surrounds to 4-over-8 sash in first, below 2-light horizontal sliding sash; second bay has flat stone lintel over 3-pane overlight and blocked door flanked by small blocked square windows with plain stone surrounds; similar lintel and projecting stone sill to sash with glazing bars at right above. possibly replacing loft door. Additional third bay has boarded vehicle doors below 4-over-8 sash in plain stone surround. Right set-back stable has pierced boarded vehicle doors at left, and boarded Dutch doors at right. Roof has left gable coping on moulded kneeler: banded brick chimneys at left, and at left projection, and rendered chimney at right; massive external rubble stack truncated on left return gable. Rear 4-bay, one-storey outshut, mostly pantiles, with central open porch.

Interior shows wide segmental keyed fire-arch, papered over, in left ground- floor roomy run-off chamfers to beams and joists; horizontal plank screen and 2-panel door to foot of rear stair; similar doors, with L-hinges, throughout; another screen on landing of second stair; cornices over windows in third bay, the upper richly carved; cambered beams, above window in one case, with 3 pegs to principal rafters which are pegged and cut at apex to receive ridge; 2 levels of purlins. Walls very thick.

Derelict at time of survey.

Listing NGR: NZ0682018615