Description

NY 21 SE BORROWDALE ROSTHWAITE

20/50 Longthwaite Farmhouse
and adjoining barn
3.3.67
II

Farmhouse and adjoining barn. Mid C17. Whitewashed rendered walls on boulder
plinth, under graduated greenslate roof with rebuilt slate chimney stacks. Barn
of slate and cobble rubble. 2 storeys, 3 bays with barn to left under common
roof. Plank door within C17 gabled stone porch with side seats. Casement
windows with glazing bars, and to left of porch a sash with glazing bars, all in
plain reveals. Barn has front plank double doors and rear recessed doorway.
One C17 wooden mullioned window. Interior of house has beamed ground-floor
ceilings and a built-in court cupboard inscribed and dated G. & M.W. 1691
(Gawine & Mary Wren). Court cupboard illustrated in, Shelagh Sutton, The story
of Borrowdale, 1974, p14.

Listing NGR: NY2554214367

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26437548

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)