Low Haycote

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SD6987 GAWTHROP 162-1/23/170 Low Haycote 14/06/84

II

Farmhouse with attached outbuilding, now house. Probably early to mid C18; altered. White-washed random rubble with quoins, stone slate roof to main range and corrugated sheet to outbuilding. Single-depth 2-unit plan on east-west axis facing north, with outbuilding continued along higher ground at west end. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 4:1 windows. The 4-window main range, almost symmetrical, has a gabled porch offset left and four 12-pane sashes on each floor, in vertical alignment and all with exposed boxes. Gable chimney to left, ridge chimney in centre and another at junction to right. The outbuilding to the right has steps up to a doorway offset left of centre, and a small formerly 2-light mullioned window to the left lacking the mullion. INTERIOR: the outbuilding has a stone fireplace against the gable wall and to the left of that a built-in rectangular "bakstone" (for baking oatcakes and the like) with a stone-flagged front which has a small rectangular fire-box with an arched draw-hole beneath; and a rectangular recess in the front wall containing a large cheese-press with wooden frame, stone and screw still apparently in working order. The bakstone, which probably dates from c1800, is a rare survival (the only other on this list is at High Barth, qv).

Listing NGR: SD6916787446