West Little Town And Barn Attached To West

GARSDALE

SD78NE HAWES ROAD 162-1/12/264 (South side) 14/06/84 West Little Town and barn attached to west

GV II

Farmhouse, now house, and unoccupied at time of inspection (October 1994). Probably late C17 or early C18; altered. Roughly coursed sandstone rubble, the front of the house grey-washed; stone slate roof. Wide 2-unit plan on roughly east-west axis facing south, with a continuous shallow full-height outshut (backing onto the road); barn attached to west end. HOUSE: 2 storeys, 3 widely-separated windows. The ground floor has a wide gabled porch in the centre, with a square-headed outer opening, a triangular set of 6 pigeon holes with stone slate ledges, stone flagged roof, side benches and a square-headed inner doorway with a board door; a rectangular window to the left and a small fire-window to the left of that (both with altered glazing), and a pair of square 9-pane windows to the right, the 1st with a top-hung casement and the 2nd fixed, with a stone-slate drip-band over the pair. The upper floor has a narrow window and a square 9-pane fixed window to the left, both offset slightly right of those below and the latter with one opening pane in the top right corner; and a small square 4-pane fixed window to the right (the right upper pane opening). Corbelled chimney at left gable, gable chimney to right. Rear: outshut, 2 low storeys under catslide roof, has 4 small rectangular windows including a stair-window. INTERIOR: not inspected, but likely to contain features of historical interest. BARN range continued to left, in 2 builds, with a quoined junction between them: the longer portion adjoining the house has 2 doorways at ground floor, and 1 square and 1 rectangular opening to the loft; the shorter portion to the west has external stone steps to a loft doorway (now lacking deck and door), 2 stable doors to the right and 1 doorway to the left (door damaged). Rear has narrow outshut in centre, with blocked doorway. INTERIOR: 3 collar trusses in eastern portion; original lateral stalls or boskins in western portion.

Listing NGR: SD7568389857