Byre Hill Farmhouse, Corby Castle Estate

4720 5385 WETHERAL GREAT CORBY

NY 45 SE

9/144 Byre Hill Farmhouse, 1. 4.57. Corby Castle Estate (formerly listed as Byre Hill Farm)

II

Farmhouse and barns, probably formerly row of estate cottages for Corby Castle. Mid C17; mention in previous listing to medieval masonry and timber, refers to reused material and is no indication of the date of the building. Thick coursed sandstone rubble walls, slate roof probably originally stone slates with only one chimney stack. By the arrangement of filled windows and doors this would seem to have been 3 or 4 two storey cottages with common roof. Small filled windows have been mullions with chamfered dressings and door lintels with chamfered points and square heads: many C19 windows and doors have been cut through the walls making it difficult to interpret the original use of the building; now one farmhouse to left and barns and hay lofts to right, still under common roof. Probably became estate farm in early C19.

Listing NGR: NY4720553844