Description

FEATHERSTONE BELLISTER BANK
NY 66 SE
(South side, off)
15/87 Linked farmbuildings
north-east of
Broomhouse Farmhouse
GV II

Linked farmbuildings. Early and mid C19 of several builds. Squared and
dressed stone. Concrete-tiled, corrugated-asbestos and Welsh slate roofs.
Main block with gin-gangon centre rear, loose-box and loft on right rear,
L-plan byre on left return and haybarn at right-angles on rear of byre.

Multi-purpose main block built along bankside is 3-storeyed to yard and 2-
storeyed to rear. 6 bays plus 2 added bays at right. Yard front: central
external stone stair to first-floor boarded door; kennel beneath stair; 3
boarded doors on ground floor to stables (with original wooden stalls), loose-
boxes and byres; 2-storey granary above with 2 rows of breathers (some blocked
at right) and scattered windows. Concrete-tiled roof with ridge vents.
Elliptical archway on right return. Projecting loading bay with elliptical
archway on left rear.

Circular gin-gang with rectangular piers, partly-infilled openings and conical
Welsh slate roof.

2-storey loose-box and loft with 2 boarded doors, triangular group of pigeon
holes below eaves and a Welsh slate roof.

Single-storey byre range with 1-bay link and 3-bay return section partly
enclosing yard; infilled elliptical arches and corrugated-asbestos roof.

Tall 4-bay haybarn with pair of square-headed openings to eaves flanking a
central rectangular pier; elliptical archway on rear bay and slate roof.

A large and relatively unaltered group.

Listing NGR: NY6978062543

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26297366

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)