Hopebeck

Hopebeck is a farmhouse dating from the mid or late 17th century. It features roughcast walls on an irregular projecting plinth, topped with a graduated greenslate roof and roughcast chimney stacks. The building has two storeys and seven bays. The left side has a plank door set in a painted stone architrave, which is topped with a hoodmould. To the immediate right, there is a more recent 20th-century door with a similar tile surround. The windows are two-light stone-mullioned with chamfered edges, and the four bays on the left are separated from the rest of the house by small fire windows on both floors. The right wall of the house has 20th-century windows. At the rear, there are two contemporary gabled extensions that also feature similar two-light stone-mullioned windows and small windows with chamfered surrounds. Historical records from Lorton parish indicate that Elizabeth Pearson, a widow, was buried from Hopebeck on 14 July 1713. The adjoining barn is not of interest.