Handcroft Farmhouse

RAMSDEN HIGH STREET SP3515 (North-east side) 18/96 Handcroft Farmhouse 24/03/85 (Formerly listed as Handcroft Farmhouse and barn)

GV II

Farmhouse and barn, now one house. Early C17, partly rebuilt in late C17. Late C20 alterations to former barn. Coursed limestone rubble, with slate hung gable-end to south-west. Stone slate roofs. Two-unit plan house at right angles to road, with former barn adjoining to north-east. House of 2 storeys, with later C17 north-east end of 2 storeys and attic over basement. South-east front: rendered ridge stack off-centre to left and external stone end stack to right, with rendered top. Dormer to right-hand part with 2-light wooden casement (rebuilt in late C20) and slate-hung gable. Late C17 right-hand part with 2 first-floor windows and one ground-floor window, all wooden cross windows with ogee-stopped chamfered wooden lintels. Small 2-light ovolo-moulded mullioned wooden staircase window to left with ogee-stopped chamfered wooden lintel. Early C17 lower 2-storey part let-back to left with first-floor 2-light wooden casement and ground-floor boarded door to right with wooden lintel. Later one-storey range to left with end stack, 3-light wooden casement with wooden lintel and blocked doorway to right (see straight joints). Former barn adjoining to porch. Interior of house: winder staircase with old plank and muntin door to cellar. Left-hand ground-floor room with chamfered beams and large open fireplace.

Listing NGR: SP3580515225