High Risby Farmhouse

SE 91 SW ROXBY CUM RISBY RISBY ROAD (north side) 7/11 High Risby Farmhouse (formerly listed as High 6.11.67 Risby House) )

GV II

Farmhouse. Mid C18, probably with earlier origins; C19-20 alterations. Coursed limestone rubble with brick dressings, colourwashed. Brick stacks. Pantile roof. Rectangular on plan: 4 rooms wide with rear outshut and contemporary L-shaped wing to left with later outshut to front. 2 storeys, 3-bay symmetrical front with wide fourth bay to left. Single storey and attic extension to left. Entrance in third bay: part-glazed 6-panelled door and radial fanlight in Doric surround with pilasters supporting an open dentilled pediment. C19 flat-roofed projecting canted bay windows to either side with 12-pane sashes. Single 12-pane sash in flush wood surround to left end with projecting cill and segmental brick arch. Similar sashes to first floor. Dentilled brick eaves cornice. Axial stack to left, end stack to right. Tumbled-in brick to gables with stone coping and shaped kneelers. Interior: open well main staircase with ramped and wreathed handrail and column-on-vase balusters with square knops; back staircase with moulded handrail and wavy splat balustrade; Dining Room ground floor left has fielded panel dado with moulded dado rail and arched alcove in architrave with moulded ornament; Drawing Room ground floor right has early C19 moulded cornice and beaded door architrave with floral decoration; similar architraves to bay windows. Other original features include 3-fielded-panel doors and window shutters. Timber board found in house inscribed Willm Roberts Roxby Carpenter March 17 George Ramsey Mason Roxby 1768 probably refers to original building or major re-building work.

Listing NGR: SE9200114714