Brig Cottage And Byre Adjoining To South

RAVENSTONEDALE FELL END SD 79 NW

23/110 Brig Cottage & byre adjoining to south 8.8.79 (formerly listed as Bridge Cottage, Fell End)

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Farmhouse. Dated 1639 on bed cupboard but possibly older; C18 additions include 1st floor and byre. Coursed rubble with quoins; lime-washed. House has graduated slate roof with stone-flagged eaves; byre has graduated stone-flag roof. 2 storeys. House of 4 bays with stair outshut to rear: Plank outer door in gabled porch with 3-light mullioned window to right, C20 casement and two 2-light mullioned windows (one blocked) to left; two C19 sashes above. All mullions chamfered in chamfered surrounds. 2-bay byre has 2 late C18/early C19 casements, with wide glazing bars, to 1st floor; byre door to rear. Stone end chimneys to house. House interior: Panelled bed cupboard (now used as larder) in kitchen. Main ground floor room has corniced and bracketed fireplace with foliate chip-carving to lintel (similar in type to dated local fireplaces of the late C18); wrought-iron crane and cast-iron range (BOWERBANK, PENRITH). C18 panelled and corniced spice cupboard to left of fireplace; later cupboard built into wall between this room and kitchen. Panelled doors. Large beams with deep chamfers; inserted joists are moulded with stop chamfers.

Listing NGR: SD7182898072