Skelcies Farmhouse With Adjoining Cottage, Barn, Wagon Shed And Area Walls, Gate Piers, And Railings

NY 71 SE

WINTON B6259 (north of Kirkby Stephen, east side)

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Skelcies Farmhouse with adjoining cottage, barn, wagon shed & area walls, gate piers, & railings

G.V. II

House and cottage of 2 builds. Cottage door lintel initialled and dated C.H. E.H., M.H. D.H. 1674; house probably 1813 (date on rainwater head), of sandstone blocks with rusticated quoins on chamfered plinth under hipped, graduated slate roof. Cottage set back on left; incised stucco under graduated stone-flagged roof with stone coping and kneelers. Corniced stone chimneys. 2 storeys. Symmetrical 3-bay house front has part-glazed door and semicircular fanlight in architrave with Tuscan pilasters supporting broken pediment; sashes in stone surrounds, 24-pane to ground floor and 16-pane to 1st. 2-bay cottage has single sash with glazing bars in stone surround to each floor; panelled door in stone surround to right has inscription to dated lintel:CAVSE:THY:BLESSING.O.LORD.TO. REST.IN.THIS.HOVSE.EZE.cH.44.30: THE .LORD.BLESSETH.THE.HABITATION.OF.THE.IVST. PRO:3.33.AND: THE.HOVSE.OF.THE.RIGHTEOVS.SHALL.STAND: PRO:V:12:7. Outbuildings of coursed rubble under graduated stone-flagged roofs. Barn adjoining rear of house has blocked door on south side with initialled and dated lintel: M.R. 1760; C20 opening in east return. Early C19 single-storey wagon shed adjoins rear of cottage; 2 elliptical-headed wagon arches with central cylindrical pier. Early Cl9 area walls and railings to front of house and cottage. Walls c2 ft high of sandstone blocks with segmental copings; quadrant with central gate to front of house. Rusticated gate piers, square in plan, with ogee tops. Wrought-iron railings and gates have diagonally-set pointed standards.

Listing NGR: NY7709211791