High Branthwaite Farmhouse

SEDBERGH

SD69SW HOWGILL LANE, Howgill 162-1/5/359 (West side (off)) High Branthwaite Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse. Probably early C18, altered in C19. Slobbered rubble with large quoins, roof of graduated stone slates and some blue slates in the lower courses. Rectangular double-depth 4-room plan. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and now 3 windows (but probably formerly 5), with the porch slightly offset left and the windows strongly so. The gabled porch, with slightly-swept roof, has a segmental-headed opening, a blocked peep-window in the left side, and stone side benches. The ground floor has a square 8-pane hornless sash to the left and a similar but wider 10-pane sash to the right, both with vertical glazing bars only. The 1st floor has 4-pane sashes above these, and to the right of that on the left is a square window with the stools of a former mullion, and above the porch the outline of another former 2-light mullioned window is detectable. Gable chimneys with stone slate cornices. Left gable wall has through-stones on 3 levels, stone-slate bands on 2 levels, 2 small 1-light windows at ground floor and one similar attic window; right-hand gable has similar attic window. Rear: lean-to porch offset right, formerly mullioned window right of this with double-chamfered surround but now with lowered sill and 4-pane glazing, a 2-light double-chamfered mullioned window above the porch, 2 vertically-aligned oblong stair-windows in the centre (upper with 8 fixed panes), and oblong windows on each floor to the left, the lower of 3 lights with wooden mullions and small panes and the upper of 6 panes with one opening. Most of these windows have wooden lintels protected by dripstones. INTERIOR: housepart to left and parlour to right, with kitchen, staircase and dairy to rear of these; lateral beam with cyma-stopped chamfer (end exposed beside staircase but otherwise boxed); firehood bressumer parallel with gable wall in kitchen; stone shelving in dairy; dog-legged staircase with closed string, turned balusters, square newels and muntin-and-plank panelled side walls; original doors; attic with 2 pegged collar trusses (carpenter's marks I and II) and 2 pairs of trenched purlins. Interesting example of full double-depth plan combined with pre-C18 features.

Listing NGR: SD6363193381