Description

PARISH OF ECKINGTON RIDGEWAY MOOR
SK 48 SW
2/112
Farm Outbuilding
20 metres north-west
6.4.89
of Commonside
Farmhouse
II
Farm outbuilding, formerly edge tool workshop. Late C18, with
C19 and C20 alterations. Coursed squared coal measures
sandstone with quoins, plain gables with brick stacks, and a
stone slated roof. North elevation. Two storeys, single bay,
with 2-light flush mullioned window to the ground floor with
glazing bar casements. To the east a C20 2-light window in a
plain opening. To the first floor a tall loading doorway with
massive ashlar surround and lintel, and plain planked double
doors. South elevation with external stone staircase to first
floor doorway. 2-light flush mullioned window, and a single
doorway with massive surround and plain plank door. History.
The parish of Eckington was an important centre for agricultural
edge tool manufacture from the C16 to the C19. Commonside Farm,
of which this building forms a part, is referred to as
Commonside Manufactury (Sickle) on the 1875 edition of the
Ordnance Survey map. No other buildings forming part of
Commonside Farm are included in this or any other list.

Listing NGR: SK4014380784

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26403356

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Recommended Books

• 
  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)