Kirkshield is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1987. House.
Kirkshield
- WRENN ID
- half-ember-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 July 1987
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SIMONBURN FOLLY LANE NY 87 SE (South side) 9/134 Kirkshield II
House formerly incorporating barn. Dated 1775 on door lintel. Said to have been built as a shooting lodge for Rev. James Scott. Squared rubble and dressings; Welsh slate roof and stone chimney. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Off-centre replaced door behind unsympathetic C20 porch. Door lintel inscribed JAMES SCOTT STP 1775. Scattered replaced sashes and casements. Pitched roof. Returns with horizontal parapets rise above eaves to height of ridge. Right return has blocked breathers and is surmounted by 3 squat crocketed pinnacles (the centre one taller). Left return has four 12-pane sashes in pointed openings; similar blind window above; central stack flanked by identical pinnacles. Single-storey range at right-angles on right front bay and rear additions are not of special interest. Prominent landscape feature.
Listing NGR: NY8510672768
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