Description

NZ 60 SE 661048 WESTERDALE

10/125 Riddings Farmhouse

II

Longhouse, possibly late C17; roof raised and barn converted to
living quarters in late C18. Coursed squared roughly-tooled
sandstone. Pantiled roof with stone ridge and gable copings,
kneelers and stacks. 2 storeys, 4 windows and lower, later 1-bay
right stable extension, now as office. Gabled porch in front of
original passage entrance, and new pent porch to right extension:
boarded doors on inner returns and small windows in front. One
3-light Yorkshire sash; other windows modern small-paned casements.
Chamfered fire window to right of porch. Plain-curved kneelers.
1 chimney in original position behind fire window and another at
left end, both C18 corniced type.

Interior: stone heck partition in situ but fire beam replaced.
Main beam chamfered with sharp stops; joists also chamfered. Other,
slightly later beams of good scantling. In converted barn part C18
dado rail and panelled cupboards.

R.C.H.M. op.cit. p.184.

Listing NGR: NZ6605204852

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17526096

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)