Description

EGLINGHAM WEST DITCHBURN
NU 12 SW
2/186 West Ditchburn
Farmhouse
GV II

House, largely mid-C18 perhaps incorporating earlier fabric; 2nd floor removed
c.1965. Squared stone with tooled quoins and dressings; C20 concrete-tile
roof and brick end stacks. South elevation 2 storeys, 5 bays, symmetrical.
Plinth, rusticated quoins. Central half-glazed 4-panel door in architrave
with pulvinated frieze and cornice; 4-pane sash windows in raised stone
surrounds. Rear elevation shows 12-pane sash windows, including arched stair
window with old moulded glazing bars and surround with keystone and imposts;
to left of stair window Newcastle Fire Company plaque.

Interior: Fielded-panel doors, panelled shutters. Open-well stair with
turned balusters, moulded newels, moulded ramped and wreathed handrail, and
shaped tread ends. Arches with keyed and panelled archivolts to lobbies at
head and foot of stair.

Two 1769 datestones (with initials/names Rich. & Eliz. Carr) on farmbuildings
north-east of the house probably relate to its construction or remodelling.

Listing NGR: NU1303720706

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26293925

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Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)