Blacker Hall Farmhouse

SE31NW CRIGGLESTONE BRANCH ROAD (east side, off), Great Cliff

Blacker Hall 2/5 Farmhouse

GV II

House. c1800. Hammer-dressed stone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys. T-shaped with rear wing. 3-bay symmetrical facade. Channelled stonework with raised window and door surrounds perhaps indicating it was intended to be rendered originally. Central doorway with monolithic jambs and margin-glazed overlight. Flanked by 16-pane sashes with 12-pane unequally-hung sashes above, all with plain stone surrounds and slightly projecting sills. Coped gables with shaped kneelers. Rear: 2 finely-dressed lateral stacks flank wing which has 3 narrow 15-pane sash windows with one above middle window and finely-dressed gable stack. Set in right-hand return of wing tall stairwindow with doorway inserted under. Left-hand return has 1 1/2-storey lean-to of slightly later date with similar windows and doorway.

Interior: front door leads into long entrance hall with archway at junction with rear wing which has cross-passage and simple staircase with stick balusters. Parlour, to left, has windows with architraves and shutters and moulded plaster cornice. Parlour chamber has partitioned dressing room with inner glazed window engraved "John Robinson Wood August 5 1847". One rear chamber retains its original fireplace with architrave, moulded shelf and decorative cast-iron grate.

Listing NGR: SE3003915782