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Latitude: 53.9368 / 53°56'12"N
Longitude: -2.4861 / 2°29'9"W
OS Eastings: 368187
OS Northings: 449070
OS Grid: SD681490
Mapcode National: GBR CQ2X.KJ
Mapcode Global: WH962.S9CV
Plus Code: 9C5VWGP7+PH
Entry Name: Higher Birkett Farmhouse and Buildings Adjoining to the East
Listing Date: 16 November 1983
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1072255
English Heritage Legacy ID: 183116
ID on this website: 101072255
Location: Ribble Valley, Lancashire, BB7
County: Lancashire
District: Ribble Valley
Civil Parish: Newton
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lancashire
Church of England Parish: Slaidburn St Andrew
Church of England Diocese: Leeds
Tagged with: Farmhouse
SD 64 NE NEWTON
Higher Birkett Farmhouse and
14/65 buildings adjoining to the east
II
House, late C18th, with former house of 1686 adjoinig. Sandstone rubble
with slate roof. The present house is of double-pile plan with central entry
and end stacks. 2 storeys, 3 bays. The windows have plain stone surrounds,
the right-hand ground-floor one having 2 square mullions. The door has a
plain stone surround. The former house, to the right, has a continuous drip
course on the ground and first floors. At the left on the ground floor it
rises over a former opening, but is now truncated by the present house. On
the ground floor is a 2-light window with plain stone surround and square
mullion. To the right is a one-light rebated and chamfered window with
segmental head. On the 1st floor are 2 3-light rebated and chamfered
mullioned windows. At the rear is a door and a window, both with plain
stone surrounds. Adjoining to the east is a barn having a wide entrance
with plain reveals, with a door with plain stone surround to its right.
On the 1st floor are 2 pitching doors with plain reveals. At the rear is
a re-set chamfered door surround with triangular head. Inside the old house,
on the 1st floor against the west wall, is a plaster panel on a former
chimney breast with decoration of plant stems with leaves and acorns. In
raised letters are the initials 'RLA' and date '1686'.
Listing NGR: SD6818749070
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