Sherwood House Farmhouse

STAINFORTH SHERWOOD BROW SD 86 NW 2/30 Sherwood House Farmhouse 20.2.58 GV II Farmhouse. Dated 1703 with late C18 alterations. Slobbered rubble, stone dressings. Stone slate roof. Direct entry plan. 2 storeys 4 bays. Late C18 entrance in third bay has plain surround or milled stone and gabled slate hood; 4 panel door. To right is ground floor 3-light window with flat faced recessed mullions; above is a dated former doorhead with initials RAT (Robert Anthony Twistleton of Winskill) within a triangular panel which marks the position of the early C18 entrance. On the extreme left are two 2-light double chamfered mullioned windows with a continuous dripmould which rises over the 1703 datestones. Four similar 2-light windows on upper floor. All have C20 casements. Central ridge stack, and left hand gable end ridge stack. Right-hand gable end ridge stack projects and rests on two stone slate corbels. Interior: massive inglenook fireplace (now blocked) with 14 joggled voussoirs and decorated keystone inscribed 1 30. Source: North Yorkshire and Cleveland Vernacular Buildings Study Group report 546.

Listing NGR: SD8136968667