Description

NY 52 SE,
13/56

GREAT STRICKLAND,
GREAT STRICKLAND,
Taylor's Farmhouse & barn adjoining

30.7.87

II

Farmhouse and ramp barn (now residential). Probably C17 with later additions and alterations; 1746 date, with initials T & MT, inscribed on door lintel refers to extension to house and addition of barn. Mixed limestone and rubble walls partly cement rendered. Graduated greenslate roof with rebuilt red brick chimney stacks. 2 storeys; house 4 bays, barn to left 3 bays under common roof. Original house has ground floor fire window and Yorkshire sashes; dated extension has part-glazed door and sashes, all in painted stone surrounds. Barn has blocked segment - arched doorway and 2 flat-headed doorways with inserted casements, all with narrow chamfer to surrounds. Central winnowing door above. Rear has ramp up to central cart entrance flanked by vent slits. INTERIOR of house: 1746 extension has inglenook with chamfered bressumer on ground floor; original house has bolection-moulding to fire surround in left-hand room. Panelled partition has shallow (plate rack?) recess, fronted by trefoiled arcade, over door.

Listing NGR: NY5569422811

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26395082

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
• 
  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
• 
  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
• 
  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)