Foulsyke House

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NZ 90 SW 11/9

FYLINGDALES A171 (west side)

Foulsyke House (Formerly Listed as Foulsyke Farmhouse)

II

Farmhouse, probably early C18 with alterations. 2 builds. Coursed herringbone- tooled sandstone main house; downhouse mostly rebuilt in coursed rubble. Welsh slate roof with stone ridge, copings and kneelers, brick stacks; concrete tiles on downhouse. Hearth-passage plan. Lower downhouse 2 storeys, 1 bay. Passage entrance in downhouse: boarded door with fancy hinges under timber lintel. Mid C19 fixed light to right and 2 small plain casements above. Main house 1 storey and attic, 2 wide bays. Ground floor 2 modern windows with pivoted tops. Small central stair window. Plain casements in 2 dormers resting on eaves. Prominent curved kneelers. End chimneys to house and at end of downhouse. Some altered stonework at left. On rear (south) elevation, a boarded passage door with a small fixed light and 2 Yorkshire sashes at left; 2 plain small casements above. In main house, 2 tripartite windows with glazing bars and central open- ing sashes. 3 flat-headed dormers, with modern casements above. Interior shows inglenook with heck and salt cupboard. Beamed ceilings may be later open- early C19. C18 bracketed stone fireplace in downhouse. Timber and corrugated iron lean-to at east end is not of interest.

Listing NGR: NZ9131802413