Gale Garth Farmhouse

DENT

SD68NE DENTDALE 162-1/10/64 (South side) 14/06/84 Gale Garth Farmhouse (Formerly Listed as: DENTDALE Gale Garth and barn to south)

GV II

Farmhouse. Probably early C18; altered. White-washed rubble with quoins, slate roof. L-plan: single-depth 2-unit main range on east-west axis facing south, with a rear wing to the west unit; plus a short side wing added to the west gable. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and 5 windows, symmetrical; with a stone slate drip-course over the ground floor. The ground floor has a small gabled porch in the centre protecting an original studded oak door with strap hinges, a re-used iron hoop and a wooden pull-handle, flanked by square windows with 4-pane glazing; the upper floor has 5 similar windows except that in the centre which is narrower. Gable chimneys. Low single storey side wing set back at left end, linking the house to the barn. Rear: the wide gable of the wing has 3 windows offset on 3 levels, all with stone slate drip-bands, and that to the right at ground floor and that above to the left both oblong, 6 lights with oak frames including a transom and 2 mullions chamfered on the inside. (These windows are an important and significant survival, in view of the large number of houses in these dales built in the same period which have altered glazing in similar openings.) The rear of the main range has through-stones on 3 levels, and an altered fire-window near the east end of the ground floor. INTERIOR: east wall of housepart to right has muntin-and-rail panelling in at least 3 different forms (some pieces carved with lozenges, arches, scrolls, etc., perhaps formerly parts of a court cupboard) and a built-in spice cupboard to the right of the chimney-breast with "I R / 1742" carved on the door, "T G 1669" on a panel above and "G W 1864" below; dog-legged staircase with open string, turned balusters and simple handrail; muntin-and-plank panelled partitioning at 1st floor. Forms group with barn to south (qv) and barn linked to west end (qv).

Listing NGR: SD6650689439