Taythes Farmhouse

SEDBERGH

SD79NW CAUTLEY ROAD 162-1/3/310 (East side (off)) 14/06/84 Taythes Farmhouse (Formerly Listed as: CAUTLEY ROAD Taythes)

GV II

Farmhouse, now dwelling. Probably earlier C18; altered. Roughly-coursed mixed rubble with quoins, the front painted white and the left (west) gable wall roughcast and painted; roof of graduated green slates with stone-slate eaves course and stone riggings. One-and-a-half depth 2-unit plan. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 2 windows, almost symmetrical. The ground floor has an asymmetrically-gabled porch (extended to the right) with a square-headed doorway under a projected lintel, a board door, and a ball finial inscribed "1847", a square 12-pane sashed window to the left and a rectangular 9-pane sash to the right with a floating stone-slate drip-band; the 1st floor has 2 similar 9-pane sashes. (All these sashes with exposed boxes.) Gable chimneys with stone-slate bands. Attached to right-hand gable is a restored lean-to peat-house. Left gable wall has one small 6-pane window near front corner of ground floor, and some through-stones. Rear wall, of 2 low storeys, with through-stones on 2 levels and 2 windows on each floor (9-pane sashes except upper left which is casement), all renewed. INTERIOR: not inspected. Forms group with barn approx. 10m west (qv).

Listing NGR: SD7048795868