Whiteway Barton Including Garden Walls, Gatepiers And Railings

Whiteway Barton is a large house, likely dating to the late 17th century, and possibly incorporating an earlier building. It is constructed of rendered stone rubble, with two walls reputedly rebuilt in brick, and has an asbestos slate roof (originally thatched), with gabled ends. There are rear lateral and end stacks, along with axial stacks to the cross wings. The original layout is unclear, although it likely has a three-room plan main range facing south, with a rear stair wing. A rear left cross wing is believed to have been a service wing, containing a kitchen and a lofted barn at its end, while the rear right cross wing was likely intended for additional accommodation, and is now derelict internally. The asymmetrical front has a seven-window facade with regular fenestration, featuring plain two-storey buttresses or piers at each end. There are three windows to the left and four to the right of the entrance bay, which is flanked by similar buttresses. A probably 19th-century porch stands on timber posts. A further doorway is located to the right of centre. The house retains a remarkable set of fine 17th-century two-light casement windows with high transoms and square leaded panes. The east elevation of the east cross wing has two gabled dormers with similar windows, a three-light casement with square leaded panes, and a smaller two-light window. The rear wall of this wing is said to be brick. The west elevation of the west wing has 20th-century windows. The rear of the house features an approximately U-plan courtyard formed by the cross wings. A projecting stair wing within the courtyard has a ground-floor three-light casement with a moulded frame and small panes, two first-floor high-transomed two-light windows with leaded panes, and one two-light window in the gable. A smaller projection adjacent to this wing contains the rear door and two high-transomed two-light windows, originally with leaded panes – the right-hand window has been reglazed in the late 20th century. The return of the east wing, facing the courtyard, has a three-light ground-floor window with a moulded frame. The courtyard elevation of the west wing includes two high-transomed two-light windows with leaded panes, and a stone staircase leading to the first floor. A separately-roofed lofted barn is attached to the end of this wing. While the interior has not been inspected, it is expected to contain features of interest, including moulded cornices and ornamental plasterwork. Whiteway Barton is located on the site of a manorial estate recorded in the Domesday Book, and was the site of the murder of Gilbert Yarde in 1783.