Description

RATHMELL COCKET LANE
SD 76 SE
(south side)
3/15
Littlebank Farmhouse
20.2.58

- II

Farmhouse. Dated 1693 with C18 and C19 alterations. Squared rubble, stone
dressings, stone slate roof. Lobby entry plan. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Gabled
entrance porch has left-hand entrance with moulded surround and decorated lintel
dated and inscribed:
A
R W
4 panel door, upper 2 glazed. Ground floor 2 light cavetto mullioned window
with hoodmould to right, stepped 3 light mullioned window in gable with round
heads and transom to central light, segmental arched hoodmould. Left-hand bay
contains 5-light chamfered mullioned window with hoodmould on ground floor,
and early C18 window with moulded surround on upper floor. Right-hand bay contains
c1900 conservatory and entrance, upper floor early C18 window with moulded surround.
Sashes with glazing bars to C18 windows, rest have metal casements and fixed
lights. Left-hand gable and right of centre ridge stacks. Front left-hand
room reputedly contains blocked inglenook fireplace and beehive oven.

Listing NGR: SD7974362076

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26424625

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Recommended Books

• 
  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)