Farmbuilding At Park Hill Farm Immediately To West Of Farmhouse

FIRBECK PARK HILL DRIVE SK58NE (west side) Farmbuilding at Park 3/26 Hill Farm immediately to west of farmhouse

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Farmbuilding probably originally stables with part domestic use. Early C17. Rubble limestone, pantile roof. 2-storey elongated range. South side (away from farmhouse): Large quoins. Near-central passageway with basket arch has chamfered ashlar door surround on left with 3-light double-chamfered window under dripstone beyond, its mullions removed; 2 segmentally-arched window openings to far left. On right of passage are external steps built across an original quoined doorway, inserted doorway and casement on left of steps. 1st floor: doorway above steps, total of 4 inserted casements, those on left larger. Raised verges. Rear: passage entrance has wooden lintel; 2 intact 3-light double- chamfered mullioned windows to 1st-floor on right; ashlar surrounds to slit vents on left; other inserted openings. Left return: external steps to 1st- floor doorway. Interior: collared principal-rafter trusses, double purlins with windbraces. Most significant remaining building at Park Hill the centre of a major local estate. Originally occupied by the Sanderson family in the C17; by 1765 home of the St. Leger family, whose name is remembered in the famous horse race. Their house was demolished in 1935. C. Stocks, Firbeck and the Three Estates, 1979, pp 21-25.

Listing NGR: SK5610888060