Bank Heads East And Barn

GRINTON GUNNERSIDE to SD 99 NE CRACKPOT ROAD (north side) 15/37 Bank Heads East and barn

GV II House, cottage and barn under 1 roof, now house and barn. Dated 1688. Rubble with crude quoins and chamfered ashlar dressings to openings, stone slate roof. House has 2 first floor windows. Central quoined doorway has inscribed on lintel ' RW CP ', weather course over GW 1688 TW lintel, boarded door. Fire window at left end. Window on right of door is small and square, containing a fixed frame with glazing bars. Other windows have been raised in height: ground floor left has fixed frame with glazing bars, 16 panes; those on first floor have unequally hung sashes with glazing bars. Kneeler to right, end stack left. Former cottage on left has 1 bay of windows in brownish sandstone quoined surrounds, probably recently contrived, with sash with glazing bars on ground floor and C20 casement on first floor, plus 4-panel C20 door on left. Rear elevation of house has projecting through-stones and narrow turret formerly containing stairs. Right gable end has a single-light chamfered window on each floor. Interior: contemporary fireplace at left side, stone stairs at right end. Barn added to left in 2 stages, first section with ground floor boarded door and first floor shuttered opening, then cart-shed with double doors. 'NYCVBSG Report', No 194.

Listing NGR: SD9628397265