Granary East Of Schoose Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1985. Granary.

Granary East Of Schoose Farmhouse

WRENN ID
pitched-spire-gorse
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Country
England
Date first listed
13 December 1985
Type
Granary
Source
Historic England listing

Description

WORKINGTON

566/6/73 SCHOOSE 13-DEC-85 Granary East of Schoose Farmhouse

GV II*

Granary and dairy now used as farm store. Circa 1800 for John Christian Curwen. Calciferous sandstone rubble with flush quoins, under hipped graduated greenslate roof. 3 storeys, 9 bays. Right portion has ashlar steps to loft doorways on 2 levels under hoist gablet. Ground-floor segmental-headed doorways blocked to form windows. Upper-floor louvred windows in plain stone surrounds. Left portion has enlarged C20 cart doorway and brick-blocked windows in plain stone surrounds. Vaulted basement to ground floor former dairy. Single storey 1 bay cell to left, of rubble with large quoins, chimney and roof vents. Rear lean-to asbestos shed is not of interest. Forms part of a model farm and listed for G.V. with other farm buildings. Sources: Plan of Schoose Farm from a survey by L Cash, 1807 (Helen Thompson Museum Workington). Wade-Martins, S. 2002 The English Model Farm: Building the agricultural Ideal, 1700-1914. English Heritage

Listing NGR: NY0150228002

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