Wattsfield Farmhouse And Cottage

SD 59 SW KENDAL WATTSFIELD LANE

2/174 Watts field Farmhouse & Cottage (formerly listed 24-4-51 under Milnthorpe Road) G.V. II*

House and cottage. House C17, cottage added in C18. Later additions and alterations. Wet-dashed rubble on plinth. Graduated slate roofs with rendered mid and end chimneys (projecting chimney to rear house wing). 2 storeys with cellars to cottage. House 3 bays. Central full-height porch has panelled outer door in an architrave with (re-used?) segmental pediment enclosing winged head; small casement above. Original plank inner door, with strap hinges, in chamfered frame. C20 casement to either side on each floor. Cottage, adjoining to left, 2 bays. Glazed door and rectangular fanlight with sash to left and 2 sashes above. North return has 2 sashes, with original wide glazing bars, to each floor and 2 blocked 2-light stone-mullioned cellar windows; 2 similar cellar windows to stair wing at rear. Interior. House: Closed string, dog-leg stair with turned balusters and moulded handrail; square newels with ball finials. Moulded lintel to kitchen fireplace; remains of screen (?). Some remains of 1st floor plaster cornices. Cottage: Closed string, dog-leg stair with corkscrew balusters and moulded handrails; square newels (ball finials missing). Panelled ground floor front room features a semicircular-headed niche in pilastered surround; wooden cornices.

Listing NGR: SD5168691291