Huggarts Farmhouse

BRINDLE DENHAM LANE SD 52 SE (shown on OS map as Huggarts Lane) 5/40 17.4.67 Huggarts Farmhouse - II

Farmhouse. Probably late C17, altered, with addition at left end. Sandstone random rubble rendered and painted white, slate roof with brick chimneys. Three-bay baffle-entry plan, now double-depth, the 1st 2 bays with full-length outshut; 2-bay wing at left end (this not included in the item). Two storeys; wide single-storey gabled porch in line with ridge chimney at junction of 2nd and 3rd bays, door offset to right; altered window above; 2 windows on each floor to left, the lower altered, the upper 9 and 4-pane sashes. Right gable wall has a buttress, a doorway behind it, and beyond this a 2-light double-chamfered mullion window; rear has various small openings. Interior: housepart in 2nd bay has 2 large beams now boxed; 3rd bay (now used as store) has axial partition of post and rail timber framing with 2 segmental-headed doorways and wattle-and-daub panelling; large lateral beam with cyma-stopped chamfer; some re-used timbers (possibly cruck blades); rectangular stone fireplace with chamfered surround; 2 blocked windows: a 2-light mullioned window in the partition to the 2nd bay, and 3-light window at 1st floor of gable.

Listing NGR: SD5895322451