Description

SE 9222-9322 WINTERINGHAM WEST END
(south side)

8/45 Earls gate Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse, now house. Right wing with keystone inscribed S built for
E A
1683
Edward and Anne Shankster. Left section probably mid-late C18 re-fronting
of earlier build. C19-20 alterations and 1984 outshut to front. Red brick,
right wing rendered; squared limestone to rear and limestone rubble plinth
to left gable end. C20 pantile roof, brick stacks. L-shaped on plan:
4-room range with 2-room front wing to right and outshut in angle. 2
storeys, 3-bay symmetrical entrance front to left and single-bay outshut and
projecting wing to right. Chamfered plinth to right wing. 6-fielded-panel
door and plain overlight under rubbed-brick cambered arch, flanked by early
C20 unequal sashes with decorative glazing bars to upper sash in original
flush wooden surrounds under rubbed brick arches. Wing to right has
projecting central section with similar ground floor sash under stone wedge
lintel. Similar sashes to first floor: 3 to left with lintels at eaves
level, one to wing under stone wedge lintel with raised inscribed keystone.
Outshut (replacing a similar earlier addition) has a casement to each floor
with glazing bars of a similar pattern to sashes. Plain C20 eaves board.
Roof hipped to front of wing; stone-coped gable with shaped kneeler to left.
Wide lateral double stack to right return with a projecting bay window
between flues and twin C19 chimneys; C19 end stack to left. Left gable end
has 3-course moulded brick band with two recessed rectangular panels above
containing raised brick roundels. Interior: fine mid-late C18 open well
closed-string staircase with moulded handrail and close-strutted Chinese
Chippendale balustrade. D Neave (ed), Winteringham 1650-1750, 1984, 53-6.

Listing NGR: SE9308322201

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26410582

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

• 
  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
• 
  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback