Eskdale Gate Farmhouse

ESKDALESIDE-CUM-UGGLEBARNBY ESKDALESIDE NZ8606-8706 (north side, off), Sleights 18/61 Eskdale Gate Farmhouse 6.10.69 GV II Farmhouse. Mid C18, probably incorporating parts of C17 house; early C19 alteration and extension, and C20 modernisation. Herringbone-tooled sand- stone front, dressed sandstone sides and rear; hammered sandstone extension. Roman tile roof. 2-storey, 7-window front. Right-of-centre C20 door in quoined, 2-centred-arched opening with date 1697 incised in lintel. Flanking door, and at centre left, are tall narrow lights with small-pane glazing. Remaining ground floor windows left of door are 24-pane fixed lights; those to right 16-pane sashes. Window over door is blocked. Windows to left are 2-light,12-pane horizontal sliding sashes, narrow 6-pane sash and tripartite with centre sash. Windows to right are tripartite with centre sashes. All windows have keyed, rusticated surrounds, with dropped keyblocks on ground floor. Coped gables and shaped kneelers. End and centre left stacks. Rear: two blocked C17 quoined window surrounds, with shaped lintels, in rear wall. Return wall of outshut extension contains C20 door beneath divided overlight, and 16-pane sash above. Bordered hammered lintels to both openings, and tooled sill to window. Right return: two quoined window surrounds, one with small sash and chamfered lintel, and one blocked, in attic.

Listing NGR: NZ8610806666