South Alston Farmhouse

STOKE CLIMSLAND - SX 37 NE 6/121 South Alston Farmhouse - - II

Farmhouse. Dated 1694 with later additions and alterations. Rendered slate- stone; slate roof, hipped to left range. Probable 3-unit plan to main range with through-passage to far left; section to left of entrance is either an addition or the rebuilding of an earlier lower end. 2 storeys. 3 widely spaced windows on first floor, C19 and early C20 casements, right with L-hinges. Similar casements of 5 and 4 lights respectively to centre and right on ground floor. C19 half-glazed door with margin lights to far left under C19 open gabled timber porch with blind quatrefoil to centre and smaller blind quatrefoils to bargeboards. Datestone inscribed: NCD WD T 1694 B above right ground-floor window. Ridge stack between centre and right windows and external end stack to left. Range to left of entrance has 3-light multi- paned casement directly below eaves. Catslide outshut to rear of main range. Interior: Inspection not possible at time of resurvey (December 1987) but likely to be of interest.

Listing NGR: SX3858475056