Burleigh Farmhouse And Attached Barn And Stable Range

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CASSINGTON BURLEIGH ROAD (West side) Burleigh Farmhouse and attached barn and stable range

(Formerly listed under BLADON ROAD)

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Farmhouse. Dated 1801. Coursed limestone rubble; gabled concrete tile roof, hipped to rear wing; stone ridge stack and gabled projection with lateral stone stack to left of rear wing. L-plan with rear left wing. 2 storeys; 3-window range. Flat stone arch over central early C19 six-panelled (2 glazed) door set in moulded wood architrave. Flat stone arches over tall stair-light with glazing bars to left, blind windows to left and over door, tripartite early C19 sash to left and later C19 horned tripartite sash to right of door and C20 top-hung casements on first floor. Large early C19 plank door to rear. Interior: plank and panelled doors; dog-leg with landing staircase has stick balusters and ramped handrails with moulded newel posts. Roof timber dated 1801. Subsidiary features: barn and stable range attached to right; of coursed limestone rubble, with gabled Welsh slate (front) and stone slate roof. Stables to left have timber lintels over early C19 plank loft and stable doors to centre, and early C19 stable door to rear; barn to right has timber lintel over double doors, and has gabled midstrey with adjoining corn room to rear. Interior: collar-truss roof with butt purlins. Built after enclosure of former open fields in 1800. (information from VCH)

Listing NGR: SP4496512966