West Cottages Circa 400 Metres West Of Huntroyde

SD 73 NE SIMONSTONE

SD 782 350

1/49 West Cottages c.400 metres west of Huntroyde - - II

Farmhouse, possibly late C16, remodelled in C19 as 2 dwellings, now (1984) derelict. Coursed sandstone blocks with quoins, tiled roof with one chimney at the left gable and 2 on the ridge. Three bays with a lean-to at each end. Two storeys; north front has 2 inserted Tudor-style doorways (to 1st and 2nd bays), and windows with recessed cavetto-moulded mullions and hoodmoulds: 2, 4, and 4 lights at ground floor, 2, 3, 1, and 4 lights above, those in the 1st bay definitely insertions but others either original or restored. Rear has Tudor-style doorway at the junction of 1st and 2nd bays, and windows mostly like those at the front: 5, 2, and 4 lights at ground floor, and at 1st floor 2 altered windows and a 3 and a 2-light window to the 1st bay; right gable wall has a little chamfered light at 1st floor. Interior: 1st bay has an inglenook bressumer with cyma-stopped chamfer, 2 large chamfered beams; 3rd bay has similar beams with cyma-stopped broad chamfer, and chamfered joists.

Listing NGR: SD7821435064