Birkrigg And Attached Barn To East

GARSDALE

SD79SW HAWES ROAD 162-1/7/219 (South side) Birkrigg and attached barn to east

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Farmhouse with attached barn. Probably later C17, enlarged and altered; barn probably earlier C18. HOUSE: coursed white-washed rubble with quoins, stone slate roof. Single-depth plan on east-west axis, facing away from road, formerly 2 units but extended to 3 by incorporation of a small former outbuilding which links it to the barn. Two storeys (probably raised from one storey), 2+1 windows. The 2-window portion has a stone slate drip-course over the ground floor starting approx. 1 metre from the left corner and extending to the junction with the former outbuilding to the right; a square-headed doorway in the centre (now enclosed by a light C20 glazed conservatory), and two rectangular 2-light casement windows on each floor, all with small-paned glazing. (A former 1-light fire-window to the right at ground floor, blocked and concealed externally, was formerly visible internally.) The 1-window portion to the right, originally single storey, has a stone slate course at the former eaves level, a window and doorway at ground floor and another window above and between these (both windows with glazing like the other windows). Gable chimney to left, ridge chimney at junction. Rear: marked difference in the masonry between random rubble at ground floor and watershot coursed rubble above; one narrow window at ground floor, a small single-storey gabled wing to right of this, with a doorway in the side; 2 unequal square windows at 1st floor; stone slate course over ground floor of 3rd unit, and a small square window above this. INTERIOR: housepart in 2nd bay has 2 chamfered lateral beams, that to the right with bearers of a former smokehood, exposed joists with scored decoration; large C18 rectangular stone fireplace with moulded cornice; inserted partition to make passage at lower end. Dog-legged oak staircase in rear corner, and an under-stairs cupboard which has a batten and board door with a silver keyhole surround. Batten-and-board door at 1st floor with stepped boards and strap hinges. Wall thickness at 1st floor half that at ground floor. The BARN, of mixed random rubble with large quoins and stone slate roof, 6 bays plus a 1-bay addition, has a segmental-headed wagon doorway in the centre, with rubble voussoirs, a doorway and a loading doorway to the 1st bay, a window and a doorway to the 6th bay; the addition at the right-hand end has a doorway offset right, and steps up the gable wall to a loft doorway. INTERIOR: 5 original collar trusses.

Listing NGR: SD7240390443