High Yewdale Farmhouse And Outbuildings

CONISTON A593 SD 39 NW (North side) 5/86 High Yewdale 25.3.70 Farmhouse and outbuildings (originally listed as High Yewdale, shippons etc. adjacent and building to front of High Yewdale Farmhouse [near roadside])

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Farmhouse and outbuildings. C17 with later additions. Stone, the house roughcast, slate roofs. 2 storeys, 4 bays, the 1st bay under steeper roof. Most windows are sashed with glazing bars and horns; those to ground floor have slate dripcourses, that to 3rd bay has small-paned fixed glazing with opening pane. 1st bay adjoins open-fronted shed, and has small lights. 2nd bay has gabled porch, entrance has door with round-headed panels and moulded styles and rails. Entrance between 3rd and 4th bays has panelled door and gabled trellis porch. 2 cross-axial stacks with slate set offs. Small 2-bay unit adjoins open-fronted shed; slate dripcourse; ground floor windows have slate hung lintels, those to 1st floor have 4- and 3-light wood mullions; wide-boarded door. To right cow house and barn in range continuous with house. Cow house door has ventilation slots and flanking windows; barn doors are pivoted. Wing to right has overhanging, bracketed eaves; end bay has steps to granary entrance. Rear of wing has C20 lean-to shed. Rear of house has gabled wing built into hillside. Inside not inspected, said to have upper cruck trusses and timber partitions. See National Trust Survey of Vernacular Buildings. Property of The National Trust, the gift of Beatrix Potter.

Listing NGR: SD3149599741