West Fleetham Farmhouse

BEADNELL WEST FLEETHAM NU 12 NE 11/80 West Fleetham Farmhouse GV II House, probably originally a bastle house. C16 or early C17, extended C18, altered 1810-20. Random rubble with ashlar chimneys and ashlar repairs to rear wing. Welsh slate roof. L-plan with C18 and early C19 additions on right return forming U-plan. Single-storey lean-to links rear ranges. Facade: 2 storeys, 4 bays; the left 2 bays are the older section with much thicker walls. C20 door and porch in 3rd bay. 12-pane sashes with projecting sills. Gabled roof with flat coping. Renewed brick end stacks; corniced ridge stack with acroteria; similar stack on gable of rear wing. Interior: Internal cross wall to right of second bay c.54 inches thick; Formerly external rear wall of this section also c.50 inches thick; former ground-floor doorway of this section, now a cupboard, has Tudor-arched lintel. Front wall of older part c.40 inches thick. Late C18 addition has thinner walls, staircase with stick balusters, 6-panel doors and shutters. The old section, remodelled c.1810 has 6-panel doors with fluted surrounds and paterae; shutters also have fluted surrounds. Short one-bay rear wing also has walls on ground floor c.40 inches thick. The ridge stack serves only one first-floor fireplace.

Listing NGR: NU1950528324