Strange'S Farmhouse

FINSTOCK HIGH STREET SP3516 (North side) 16/34 No.30 (Strange's Farmhouse)

GV II

Farmhouse. Dated 1744, altered in the early to mid C19. Coursed limestone rubble, with stone dressings to right. Stone slate roof. L-plan. Two storeys and attic. Integral brick end stacks. Two gabled dormers to left with 2-light wooden casements. 2:1:1 bays; glazing bar sashes. Boxed sashes in 3 right-hand bays with horns and segmental brick relieving arches. 16-pane sashes with stone cills in right hand bay. Mid-C19 four-panelled door (beaded flush lower panels) with margin-light rectangular overlight and doorcase with panelled pilaster strips and shaped brackets supporting flat hood. Flush datestone to first floor between second and third bays from left, inscribed "fill(love heart)E/1744". Two-storey rear wing with integral brick end stack. Interior not inspected but noted as having early C19 staircase, with stick balusters. Internal panelled window shutters. The right hand bay was probably added in the early C19 (see different sashes, stone dressings and possible straight joint). Barn. C18. Roughly squared and coursed limestone rubble with stone dressings. C20 machine tile roof. Three bays, at right angles to road. Central opposed cart entrances, with roof swept down over short porch to north. Pair of C20 plywood-covered doors to north. Triangular-shaped vents in sides of western bay and 3 in gable end to road. Interior has collar-and-tie-bean trusses. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SP3567216049