Low Hollins Farmhouse And Attached Garden Wall

SD 6791, 162-1/22/340

SEDBERGH, FROSTROW LANE, Frostrow (South side), Low Hollins Farmhouse and attached garden wall

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Farmhouse with attached garden wall. Probably early to mid C18 (the garden wall later); altered and recently restored. Coursed mixed rubble with large irregular quoins, graduated slate roof. Double-depth double-fronted plan, built with its back towards the lane. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic, the south front now with 4 windows at 1st floor but originally 2:1:2, symmetrical; with a stone-slate band over the 1st floor, the centre pitched for a former upper storey of the porch. The remaining single-storey porch, gabled, has a square-headed outer doorway with moulded surround and stone side bench; it formerly had an upper storey with dovecot (date of removal not known). Both floors have 4-pane top-hung casement windows imitating sashes, all with monolith lintels, and patched masonry in the centre of the 1st floor shows the position of a doorway to the former dovecot in the porch. Gable chimneys. Each gable wall has 2 small attic windows; and abutting the 1st floor of the left (west) gable wall the upper floor of a wing to the associated barn (qv) forms a covered entry from the lane. Rear (to lane) has stone-slate band over 1st floor interrupted in the centre by the lower of 2 stair-windows, a doorway to the right of this, wide 6-pane windows at ground floor and 4-pane windows at 1st floor (all like those at the front). INTERIOR: both floors are partitioned only by panelling, forming at ground floor a large housepart to the right with dairy to rear, and a small unheated parlour to the left with kitchen to rear, and at 1st floor 2 large chambers to the front and 2 small ones to the rear: C17-style plank-and-muntin panelling to the rear (including the staircase and doors), and larger C18 fielded panelling to the front (also including doors); cupboard in panelled partition of rear right chamber. Also: original stone fireplace lintel in housepart (ex situ C18 fireplace in kitchen); dog-legged staircase to full height, with closed string, square newels, turned balusters and moulded handrail; lateral beam in front right chamber, with cyma-stopped chamfer; roof of 3 pegged collar trusses with 3 pairs of trenched purlins. GARDEN WALL: drystone rubble approx. 1 " metres high, attached to south front corners, enclosing square garden. Forms group with attached barn (qv).

Listing NGR: SD6737491233