12, Castlegate

EAST AYTON CASTLEGATE SE 9884 (east side) 8/11 No 12 GV II House. Late C17 with later alteration and extension. Originally cruck- framed encased in limestone rubble, now replaced by rendered blocks to front; pantile roof; rebuilt brick stacks. 2-cell, end-passage plan; rear outshut added. 1 1/2-storey front. End left C20 glazed door. 3-light casement with glazing bars to right and 2-light, small-pane, horizontal sliding sash at end right. Small rectangular fixed light window to first floor over door; two 2-light, small pane, horizontal sliding sashes to right. Coped gables and shaped kneeler at left. Centre left and end right stacks. Interior: one pair of full crucks remains between the two rooms. Timber studding survives in the partition wall subdividing the ground floor inner room, and in the walling between the two upper rooms. Chamfered beams throughout the ground floor. Hearthbeam to outer room and brick firehood to first floor room above. A 'set-pot' survives in the passage wall behind the hearth. Spice cupboard with drawer to left of the hearth. North Yorkshire and Cleveland Vernacular Buildings Study Group Report No H858, A Cruck- Framed Cottage, Hill Crest, 12 Castlegate, East Ayton, N. Yorkshire, 1980.

Listing NGR: SE9894884951