Low South House Farmhouse

SE 69 NW 3/4

BRANSDALE BRANSDALE (west side)

II

Farmhouse. Late C18 with later extension. Herringbone-tooled sandstone with pantile roof. Originally 2-cell direct-entry plan with rear service extension. 2-storey, 2-window front. C20 door in rear extension. 3-light, 3-pane casements to ground floor and similar 2-pane casements to first floor, all in unaltered openings. Painted stone sills to all windows. All openings have tooled long lintels with incised diagonally-tooled wedges. Stepped eaves course. Coped gables and shaped kneelers. End stacks. Rear extension: lintels are roughly tooled. Coped gable and shaped kneeler. Rear: 2-light, large-pane horizontal sliding sash to first floor. Interior: interior of house is unaltered except for replacement fireplaces. Square section beaded joists exposed on ground floor. Boxed stairs, panelled below, along back wall of entrance room. Original plank door with 6-panel frame pegged on between service extension and main house. Other doors are of 6 raised and fielded panels, the one beneath the stairs with an H-L hinge.

Listing NGR: SE6171096112