Description

TA 0621-0721 BARROW UPON HUMBER NORTH STREET
(east side)

14/12 Scrivener's Cottage

- II

Farmhouse and adjoining barn. Datestone inscribed THOMAS. Brick with
SCRIVENER
1797
pantile roof. Plan: house at right end, 2 rooms deep, with entrance hall to
left; 3-bay barn to left. 2 storeys, 5 bays. Plain door and overlight
under painted segmental header arch with painted datestone above. 16-pane
flush sash to right with segmental header arch and stucco cill. Unequal 9-
pane first floor sash, with blind window panel over entrance, both with
segmental header arches and stucco cills. Section to left has 3 vertical
slit vents to each floor, those to ground floor blocked. Stepped eaves.
Brick coped and tumbled gables. End stack to right. Left return has 3
blocked slit vents to ground floor and a central first floor hatch with
segmental brick arch and cill. Rear: large elliptical brick-keyed waggon
arch with original board doors and wrought-iron strap hinges; 4-pane and 12-
pane sliding sashes to house end. An unusual example of a combined
farmhouse and barn, notable for its small size and unaltered condition.

Listing NGR: TA0717821596

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26397731

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Care and Repair
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)