Lower Lee, (Kenyon'S) Farmhouse, And Barn Adjoining To North East

SD 55 NE OVER WYRESDALE

8/26 Lower Lee, (Kenyon's) Farmhouse, 2-5-1968 and barn adjoining to north-east

GV II

House, 1694, altered late C18th. Sandstone rubble with slate roof. 2 storeys. Earliest part of house 4 bays. Windows have plain stone surrounds and are sashed except for those to the right-hand bay which are sashed with glazing bars. The ground-floor window of this bay has paired sashes with a central stone mullion. The door, in the 3rd bay, has a moulded surround with shaped lintel inscribed 'RHA 1694' and a hood. Drip courses have been cut back over both storeys. To the right is a one-bay addition which has sashed windows with glazing bars and plain stone surrounds. At the left an additional gable wall has been built against the original one, probably to contain the flues of added fireplaces. Chimneys on gables and to right of original house. Interior has boxed beams. One, in the room to the right of the doorway is in the correct position to have been a firehood bressumer. Right-hand addition has a fixed dresser with a moulded cornice and with a row of pigeon holes along the bottom shelf. The barn, to the right, has breathers, and a blocked door with stone surround. The right-hand end is wider, projects forwards slightly, and has a window with stone surround. At the rear are 2 wide entrances, the left-hand one within the wider end and the right-hand one with a concrete lintel. Lower Lee Farmhouse is a rear wing of Lower Lee and has windows with plain stone surrounds of late C18th. type.

Listing NGR: SD5672055240