Description

ECCLESTON THE GREEN
SD 51 NW
9/102 No 201
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- II

Formerly known as Cook's Farm. Farmhouse now house. Mid C18, extended.
White-painted brick, low-pitched stone slate roof. L-shaped 2-bay plan, with
rear outshut to 2nd bay, lean-to addition at left end. Two storeys, symmetrical;
central studded board door with strap hinges, 2 segmental-headed
2-light casements with glazing bars on each floor, the upper with ornamental
louvred shutters; chimney at left gable, modern pipe chimney at right gable.
Stone lean-to at left end has 2-light casement in front wall and 2-light
sliding sash in side wall. Rear mostly covered by additions, but has 2-light
sliding sash at 1st floor of outshut. Interior: direct entry into housepart
in 1st bay, 2nd bay partitioned, with staircase and former dairy in outshut;
original board doors, and original beams and joists in 2nd bay (one beam with
evidence of former use in wattle-and-daub wall). Listed as relatively
unaltered example of small C18 farmhouse.

Listing NGR: SD5211016890

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26328200

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Recommended Books

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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)