Street Farmhouse And Outbuildings Adjoining

NZ 70 SW 11/119 6/10/69 GLAISDALE

STREET

Street Farmhouse and outbuildings adjoining

GV

II*

Farmhouse, dated 1749 with initials I. & M.T. Herringbone-tooled sandstone with ashlar dressings; rougher tooling on outbuildings. Purple slate roof with stone copings, kneelers and stacks. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Plinth, raised quoins, first floor band and coved cornice returned to gable ends. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Central modern half-glazed door in hollow-chamfered surround with alternating- block raised jambs matching the house quoins. Hollow-chamfered keystone with flanking incised scrolls. Small round-headed window above with fluted keystone and moulded imposts. 3-light hollow- chamfered stone-mullioned windows on both floors at each side. 1 mullion missing at either side on ground floor; plain casements and early C19 sashes inserted. The first-floor centre window is a fixed light with radial head. At left a lower 2-storey outhouse, of rougher stonework, with boarded door and pitching door. Beyond this a lower stable with 2 doors: the stone looks re-used.

Rear elevation shows chamfered passage doorway and another door inserted immediately to right. Chamfered stone-mullioned windows, 2-light above and 3-light below, with 1 mullion removed from the latter; plain casements and C19 sashes inserted. Modern lst-floor centre window inserted.

Interior: Wide central through-passage with splat-baluster staircase. In downstairs left room a narrow old stone fire hood with short flanking columns. Fire beam with modillion cornice added in front. Beams and joists with quarter-round moulding throughout ground floor. "The oldest freestanding centralized-plan yeoman house in the region".

R.C.H.M. op.cit. p.82 and passim.

Listing NGR: NZ7342604718