Kirkby Common Farmhouse

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SE41SW 5/76

SOUTH KIRKBY COMMON ROAD (north side) Kirkby Common Farmhouse

(Formerly listed as Kirby Common Farmhouse)

II Farmhouse. Early to mid C18; altered and enlarged. Coursed squared sandstone, slate roof with brick chimneys. Transitional double-depth 2-unit plan (ie. inclusive of outshut). Three storeys at front but low 2-storey rear under catslide roof. Symmetrical 2-bay facade, rendered at ground floor; central doorway with raised surround including long-and-short jambstones and large fluted keystone; 2 windows on each floor, all with raised surrounds, those at ground and 1st floors probably formerly cross- windows but now 2-light casements, those at 2nd floor with double-chamfered surrounds and probably formerly mullioned but now 2-light horizontal-sliding sashes. Gable copings with shaped kneelers, gable chimneys. Right-hand return wall rendered, and an inserted window near the front corner. Rear; former doorway altered as window, 2 small windows to the left and inserted doorway between them (probably replacing formerly similar window); square window above; vertical joint to left indicating extension of original outshut. Interior: housebody in 1st bay has large rectangular fireplaces central staircase rising from front to rear in one flight on each level, with splat balusters from the 1st landing, now partitioned from housebody and splat balusters of 1st flight removed. (Item resembles Stockingate Farmhouse, STOCKINGATE q.v.).

Listing NGR: SE4359510266