Higher Birks Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1967. Residential. 2 related planning applications.
Higher Birks Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- guardian-window-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ribble Valley
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1967
- Type
- Residential
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SD 63 NW THORNLEY-WITH-WHEATLEY BIRKS BROW
7/156 Higher Birks Farmhouse 13.2.67 (formerly listed as Higher Birks Farmhouse and stables)
GV II
House, mid C19th with C17th remains. Sandstone, squared and coursed at the front and rubble at the rear. Slate roof. Double-pile plan with gable stacks. 2 storeys with attics. North-west front of 3 bays, the windows being sashed with architraves. The door has a shouldered architrave with pulvinated frieze and triangular pediment. The gables have shaped bargeboards. The left-hand gable has a one-light attic window with the remains of a chamfered surround. The rear wall has double-chamfered mullioned windows. To the left of the porch is one of 5 lights with one of the lights blocked, to the right is one of 4 lights. On the 1st floor are 2 modern windows with plain stone surrounds. Between them is a tall stair window using the remains of double-chamfered surrounds. The door, inside an open stone porch, has a chamfered surround with triangular head.
Listing NGR: SD6165139076
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