Dewdale'S Hope Farmhouse Dudale'S Hope

Farmhouse. Dating from the early to mid-17th century, it was altered in the mid-18th century, the mid-19th century, and the mid-20th century. The farmhouse is timber-framed with rendered infill on a sandstone rubble base, with some areas of sandstone rubble walling, machine-tiled roofs, and a large brick ridge stack. It has a T-plan: the main part, consisting of two framed bays aligned east/west, features a large chimney in the westernmost bay, forming a lobby-entrance and a gabled stair wing on its south side. A large cross-wing of two framed bays adjoins the west end and has an external rubble chimney with a brick stack at its south gable. The building has two storeys, an attic, and a cellar. The timber framing is characterised by six rows of panels from sill to wall-plate, with long straight braces across the lower corners. The cross-wing has a collar and tie-beam truss with two large struts at its north gable end, lower rails with subsidiary struts, and a V-strut above the collar. The south gable of the cross-wing exhibits a tie-beam truss with decorative lattice struts. The stair wing features a tie-beam truss with two raking struts at its south gable end. The north-facing elevation of the main part has one ground-floor and two first-floor 12-pane sash windows (the first-floor sashes featuring thick glazing bars). The main entrance, on the right, has a lean-to canopy supported by shaped brackets and a partly-glazed 20th-century door. The cross-wing incorporates a 15-pane ground-floor sash with thick glazing bars, a 12-pane first-floor sash, and a 4-pane sash at attic level. There is a rubble lean-to addition at the east end of the main range, with a 2-light casement in its north elevation, and a painted brick lean-to addition on the south side of the east bay, including a glazed 20th-century porch. Inside, original moulded ceiling beams are present. The cellar has square ashlar piers and corbels supporting the ground floor. Several ground-floor doorways feature deep stone lintels and jambs, each formed from a single block of stone.