Description

NZ 08 SW KIRKWHELPINGTON B6342

Merry Shiels farmhouse
8/65 and attached
farmbuildings
II

Planned farmstead. Early C19. Dressed stone with Welsh slate roof.

3 symmetrical ranges round a courtyard.

North range has 2-storey, 3-bay farmhouse with attached single-storey, 1-bay
byres. House has C20 door with overlight. 4-pane sash windows with moulded
reveals. Gabled roof with overlapping coping and two end stacks. Byre on
right has plank door. Byre on left now a garage. Flanking these are short
walls, each with a plank door, linking north range to projecting single-storey
ranges.

East range has 6 elliptical arches to shelter sheds, 3 now blocked. Right of
these a former 2-bay cottage, now storage with door and window in alternating-
block surround. Hipped roof with square corniced ridge stack to cottage.

West range is byre and stable. 3 plank doors and two ½-slatted windows. Blocked
elliptical arch to former cart shed on left. Hipped roof.

Listing NGR: NZ0004681192

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26296970

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover