Abbey Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 April 1979. House.
Abbey Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- low-bailey-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 April 1979
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
NX 91 SE (INSET) ST BEES B5345 (West side) St Bees 8/64 Abbey Farmhouse
6.4.79
G.V. II
House. Dated 1679; later additions and alterations. Richard Caton of Lancaster was mason. Decorative, dated, door lintel on north return incorporates initials IL : B (John Lowther : Baronet - owner); RS (Richard Stainton - tenant) and TT (Thomas Tickell - estate steward). Main block, to right in farmyard elevation, incised stucco with rusticated quoins. Graduated slate roof with outshut to rear. Stone copings and kneelers; rendered mid and end chimneys. Symmetrical; 3 storeys, 3 bays, with sashes to each floor (2nd floor sashes smaller). Part-glazed door on north return has sash to left on ground and 2nd floors above above on 1st floor. All sashes with glazing bars in stone surrounds. 2-storey, 2-bay block adjoining south return is pebble-dashed rubble under graduated slate roof. Plank door, with paired sash in stone surround to each floor on right. (Information on initials provided by Blake Tyson).
Listing NGR: NX9686112228
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