Description

PARISH OF UNSTONE MOORTOP LANE
SK 37 NE
6/186
Moortop Farmhouse
II
Farmhouse. Late C18, with late C19 alterations and additions.
Regularly coursed squared coal measures sandstone with ashlar
dressings, gable brick stacks and slate roof coverings. L-plan,
with earlier range attached to north end of main range, a
fragment of an extensive C18 house. East elevation. Three
storeys, four bays, with stacked glazing bar sashes, those to
the ground and first floors 4 x 3 panes, those to the second
floor 2 x 3 panes all beneath plain lintels. One altered and
one inserted window to the north end. Off-centre doorway with
plain door and rectangular overlight and glazing bars. Earlier
range. Two storeys, two bays, with stacked 3-light flush
mullioned windows with glazing bars to the west end, and 2-light
window to the east. Off-centre doorway obscured by pitched
roofed single storey C20 half-glazed porch. Rear elevation of
three storeyed range incorporates remains of C18 flush mullioned
windows. The C18 farmhouse was substantial, and extended
further to west.

Listing NGR: SK3892978358

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26290269

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Recommended Books

• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)