Description

ACKLINGTON BANK HOUSE
NU 20 NW
3/14 Dairy at Bank
House Farm, to
south-east of main
farmbuilding complex
31.12.69
(formerly listed
as former Creamery
at Bank House Farm)
II

Dairy, late C19. Close-jointed tooled stone with tooled-and-margined ashlar
dressings; cast iron verandah; Welsh slate roof with lead-capped timber
louvre. Rectangular plan of 2 rooms, surrounded by a 6 x 4 bay verandah.
Plinth, raised quoins. 2 flush-panelled doors near centre, flanked by 4-pane
sash windows; all openings in raised alternating-block surrounds. Verandah
on octagonal columns with moulded bases and rings, with curved braces and
rings in spandrels, carrying hipped roof. Louvre, with slatted sides and
pyramid cap, at left. Lateral stack at right end, rising through roofslope,
stepped-and-corniced with paired shafts. One similar window on left return
and two to rear.

Interior: East room is dairy with elaborate Minton-tiled floor, marble-topped
central table and marble shelves. West room has fireplace with old grate.

At time of survey recently vandalised and most slates removed from roof.

Listing NGR: NU2098505060

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26293862

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Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Old House Care and Repair
• 
  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)