New House, Farmhouse And Outbuildings

BISHOPDALE B 6160 SD 98 SE (north-west side, off) 5/2 New House, farmhouse and outbuildings 25.3.69 - II

Marked as West New Houses on 6" Ordnance Survey map. Farmhouse and outbuildings under one roof. Dated 1635. For Christopher Clough. Rubble, stone slate roofs. House: T-shaped plan, 2 storeys, 4 first-floor windows with single-storey rear projection. In third bay, board door in ogee- moulded ashlar surround with triangular head set in square, quatrefoils in spandrels and, above, inscription "CEC 1635". Double-chamfered mullion windows, on ground floor with hollow moulding to inner chamfer and 3 and 5 lights to left of door and 4 lights to right, all under continuous hoodmould; on first floor of 3 lights except for single light with ogee head aver door. Eaves have been raised. Right return: chamfered round-headed fire window on ground floor, and chamfered straight-headed single-light window on first floor, also hints of older lower, steeper roof slope. To left of house, 2-storey, 3-bay outbuilding with, from right: barn doors with chamfered quoined jambs, timber lintel and segmental arch; chamfered surround to stable door; small window; steps up to board door to hayloft; board leaved doors. The oldest dated house in Bishopdale, originally thatched. North Yorkshire and Cleveland Vernacular Buildings Study Group Report No 605.

Listing NGR: SD9653483669