High House is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1967. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

High House

WRENN ID: swift-paling-sorrel
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Cumberland
Country: England
Date first listed: 11 April 1967
Type: Farmhouse
Source: Historic England listing

Description

NY 25 NE BOWNESS Fingland

6/29 High House 11/4/67

Farmhouse. Dated 1742 with inscription Michael Smith over entrance, C19 alterations. English garden wall bond brickwork on chamfered stone plinth with V-jointed quoins. C19 Welsh slate roof with eaves modillions; C19 brick chimney stacks. 2 storeys, 5 bays, double span. Top-glazed 4-panel door in bolection moulded architrave inscribed and dated frieze, under swan-neck pediment with decorated tympanum. C20 single-pane sash windows in narrow painted stone architraves. Stair window over entrance is larger and has C19 coloured-glass sash. Brickwork of front and sides changes above ground floor and suggests rebuilding of the upper storey in C19, retaining original window surrounds and quoins. Outbuildings are not of interest.

Listing NGR: NY2565857052

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