Low Horton Farmhouse

HORTON, Cramlington NZ 27 NE NZ 283797 4/18 Low Horton Farmhouse II House, mid C18,altered and extended to rear late C18 or early C19. Squared stone except for rear block, brick in English Garden Wall Bond 1 and 3. Welsh slate roof with old brick stacks. South elevation 2 storeys, 3 bays. Central renewed door with overlight. 4-pane sash windows except for C19 canted bay on left, with hipped roof. Raised reverse-stepped gable coping; banded end stacks. To right, single-storey 1-bay kitchen with C20 4-pane casement and stepped end stack. Left return, part-rendered, shows renewed 16-pane sashes under wedge lintels in rear block. Rear elevation shows similar fenestration including 20-pane sash stair window, and 8-pane Yorkshire sash in outshut to kitchen.

Interior: Fielded 6-panel doors, panelled shutters. Round arches with panelled jambs at foot of stair; dog-leg open-string stair with stick balusters, moulded handrail and moulded newel.

The house succeeded Horton Castle, latterly a Delaval possesion; the castle site is that of the detached farmbuilding group to the west, the ruins being removed in the early C19.

Listing NGR: NZ2819279657