Pitt Farmhouse At Sx869 928

WHITESTONE SX 89 SE

4/106 Pitt Farmhouse at SX 869 968

• II

House, formerly farmhouse. 1805 (Braddick) with some C20 alterations. Whitewashed and rendered, probably cob; half-hipped slate roof; end stacks with brick shafts, the left end stack projecting single-storey brick lean-to at rear with corrugated asbestos roof. Double depth plan with heated rooms on either side of a central passage. The partition wall between the 2 right-hand rooms has been removed. Circa early C20 single-storey brick lean-to at rear for additional service rooms. 2 storeys and attic. Symmetrical 3-bay front with C20 central gabled porch carried on posts and 6-panel front door with glazed top panels below a semi-circular recess. Fenestration of 16-pane hornless sashes to left and right, 12-pane sash above porch. Interior Stair with stick balusters, C20 grate to ground floor room right. An attractive example of a compact early C19 farmhouse visible from the road. Braddick, L.E. "Whitestone and Oldridge", T.D.A., Vol XCIV, (1962), pp. 339-362, p. 349.

Listing NGR: SX8698392859