Summersgill Farmhouse

SD 66 SW WRAY-WITH-BOTTON

5/130 Summersgill Farmhouse 4-10-1967 - II

House, late C17th. Sandstone rubble with stone slate roof. 2 storeys. North wall has single-storey extension, probably C19th, extending forwards at left. To its right is a 3-light window with flat-faced mullions. At the left on the 1st floor is a 3-Light rebated and chamfered mullioned window. To its right is a window with rebated and chamfered surround. The present entrance is into the extension, in the angle with the main house and covered by a modern timber porch. It has a re-set moulded surround with segmental head inscribed: 'RA 1672 IR'. The right-hand gable wall has a projecting stack with offsets. The left-hand gable has a drip course over the 2 3-light ground-floor windows which have rebated surrounds and channelled flat-faced mullions. On the 1st floor are 2 3-light rebated and chamfered mullioned windows under a hood. Above is a similar 2-light blocked attic window. Inside, above the door from the extension into the main house, is a a plaque shaped like an inverted heart. It is inscribed: 'RRE 1725'. At the rear of the original house is a spiral stone stair, the treads now covered with timber. The right-hand room has an exposed chamfered main ceiling joist.

Listing NGR: SD6417463351