Stingamires And Attached Outbuilding

Stingamires is a former farmhouse that has been converted into a private residence. It dates back to the 17th century, with some rebuilding in the 18th century and modern renovations. The building consists of two sections, and the roof of the main house has been raised. It is constructed from herringbone-tooled sandstone, with some areas more lightly tooled. The roof is covered with pantiles, featuring a tile ridge, stone copings, kneelers, and chimney stacks. The layout is linear, originally designed as a longhouse, but now entirely used for domestic purposes, with the hearth-passage opened into the downhouse or kitchen.

The boarded passage door has a chamfered surround, and there is a small fire window to the right. The other windows are two-light Yorkshire sashes, with those on the ground floor set in chamfered surrounds and those above in inserted half-dormers. There are chimneys at both ends and at the main hearth, with the copings standing proud, indicating that the house was once thatched, along with curved kneelers.

To the left, there is a projecting extended outbuilding that features a boarded door on the inner return and a garage door at the end. Inside, there is a chamfered rear passage door and an old chamfered beam in the kitchen. The forehouse includes a firebeam, another chamfered beam, and original joists. A stone heck and a restored settle are present, along with an 18th-century inserted fireplace dated 1756, which bears the initials RWI and HCI. There is also a salt box and an old cupboard on the left, and an inserted 19th-century cast-iron bread oven, made by Carter of Kirkby, on the right.

In the parlour, there are chamfered beams and joists, along with a small chamfered rear window. The 18th-century stone fireplace features pilasters, a low-relief elliptical arch above, and a multi-moulded cornice, with the inner stone surround carved to imitate bricks. A substantial full cruck truss is present, with blades crossed at the apex and trenched for a ridge piece, which may indicate an 18th-century rearrangement. The cruck partition is timbered and finished with old cowdung plaster, while the remainder of the roof has been renewed. There is loose sootstone in the main chimney.