Gunnerthwaite Farmhouse

ARKHOLME-WITH-CAWOOD SD 57 SE 4/5 Gunnerthwaite Farmhouse 4-10-1967 II

House, late C18th. Sandstone rubble with slate roof. Double-depth plan. 2 storeys with attic, 2 bays. Windows sashed with glazing bars and plain stone surrounds. Door, between bays, has plain stone surround and Tuscan porch. Gable chimneys. Rear (north-west) wall, facing farmyard, has one bay at the left which has sashed windows with glazing bars and chamfered stone surrounds. To their right is a stair window which has a plain stone surround with round head, keystone and impost blocks, and is sashed with Gothick glazing bars. To the right on the 1st floor is a window similar to those at the left. Below is a doorway reached by 8 external stone steps with nosings. It has a plain stone surround with semi-circular head, is flanked by Doric pilasters, and has an open pediment. The door has 6 raised and fielded panels and the tympanum has tracery decoration. Interior. The right-hand front room has a dentilled plaster cornice and a ceiling panel over the window with a head and leaf decoration. Between the main front room and the stair hall are panelled doors in a doorcase with fluted pilasters and round fanlight with Gothick glazing. The dog-leg stair has an open string, ramped handrail, and 3 slim turned balusters to each tread.

Listing NGR: SD5583273249