West Bank Farm

KIRKBY MALHAM COW CLOSE LANE SD 86 SE (North Side) 6/6 West Bank Farm II House. Mid C18, extended in C19 and C20. Slobbered rubble, stone dressings, stone slate roof. Two storeys, 4 bays. Entrance between two right-hand bays has a moulded surround, with a beaded frieze and cyma-recta cornice. C20 door. The right-hand bay has a C19 window with a plain surround of milled stone to each storey. The left-hand bay has a C20 2-light transomed and mullioned window in each storey. The central 2 bays have mid C18 3-light windows with cavetto mouldings and recessed flat-faced transomed and mullioned windows in each storey. Stone ridge stack at either end of second bay. The left-hand gable has an early C20 porch surrounding a gable end entrance which has a chamfered surround and basket-arched lintel carved with the initials R W and date. At the rear the staircase window rises the full 2 storeys and is constructed from parts of C17 and C18 windows with chamfered and plain surrounds. The interior contains an inglenook fireplace with massive voussoirs.

Listing NGR: SD8945061157