East Deepdale

SD 87 NE BUCKDEN DEEPDALE

5/32 East Deepdale

10.9.54

GV II

House, Dated 1693 with early C19 alterations. Coursed limestone rubble, graduated stone slate roof, excepting the right side of the porch roof which is of blue slates. 2 storeys, 3 bays, the central bay having a low gabled 2-storey porch; added central l-bay rear wing. Quoins. Porch: C20 glazed door to right in surround with elaborately-moulded jambs and lintel, the moulding carried across the lintel in 2 pointed and 1 round arch with the raised letters "I A L : 1693"; hoodmould over; a 2-light recessed chamfered mullion window above, the mullion removed and a 6-pane-sash inserted; a round-headed chamfered window to left return; a rectangular window to right return. Windows flanking porch, smaller on first floor, have 4-pane sashes to left and 16-pane sashes to right, all in raised plain surrounds. The remains of a blocked recessed chamfered window to ground floor, far right. End stacks, the left stack slightly projecting. The original eaves line is indicated by the change in the quoins; the building line is also clear on the left return where there is an inserted window with recessed chamfered jambs, ground floor left. Interior: ground floor, left: the late C17 wide cambered-arched fireplace was reduced in width c1800 but the keystone and the central voussoirs remain, the keystone decorated with a four-petalled flower, zig-zag and leaf patterns in relief.

Listing NGR: SD8940179756