Howgill House

DENT

SD78NW DENTDALE 162-1/11/97 (South side) 14/06/84 Howgill House (Formerly Listed as: DENTDALE Howgill House and attached barn to north)

GV II

Farmhouse, now house, with attached outbuilding at west end. Mostly mid C19 but incorporating part of a late C17 or early C18 house as a rear wing. Roughly coursed sandstone rubble with quoins, the front painted white, slate roof to main range, stone slate to outbuilding. Irregular plan formed by a C19 double-depth double-fronted main range on an east-west axis facing south, with a continuous full-height rear outshut which overlaps the east end and incorporates the earlier fabric; and an outbuilding attached at the west end. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and 3 windows, almost symmetrical, with a C19 glazed porch in the centre flanked by square 4-pane sashes, and 3 similar sashes above (all these openings collectively offset slightly left). Gable chimneys. Tall 1-bay outbuilding continued to left. The right-hand (east) gable wall has 2 sashes at ground floor and a re-located or ex situ stepped 3-light mullioned window at 1st floor, with a hoodmould. The projecting monopitched end of the rear outshut has a lean-to at ground floor and a large corbelled chimney. The rear of this outshut has a plain doorway offset left, a small fire-window and a 9-pane fixed window to the left and a 12-pane sash above, and a tall 12-pane stair-window to the right. INTERIOR: 2 chamfered beams in room with corbelled chimney. Forms group with barn approx. 20m north (qv).

Listing NGR: SD7147986298