Description

SE 93 SW NORTH CAVE WOLD HILL
9/89 (south side)

Castle Farmhouse

- II

House. Early C19 with later alterations. Coursed rubble, ashlar dressings,
Welsh slate roof. 3-bay main house to right, 3-bay service wing to left.
Main house: 2 storeys, 5 first-floor windows with canted central bay. Quoins.
Round arches to each face of canted bay which forms a porch containing a
6-fielded-panel door with a divided overlight and a 16-pane sash to left.
Band above arches. 16-pane sashes to outer bays. First floor: tall sashes
with glazing bars to central section, and 16-pane sashes to outer bays, all
on a continuous sill band. Flat stone arches throughout. Hipped roof with
central depression to central canted bay, which was formerly castellated.
Half-hipped roof with stacks rising through rear pitch to main range. Service
wing: single storey with attics, 3 tripartite sashes in brick surrounds and
2 sash dormers to attics. Roof hipped to left. Ridge stack. Built as an
eyecatcher to Hotham Hall (qv). Pevsner N, York: Yorkshire and the East Riding,
1972. Victoria History of the County of York East Riding, 1979.

Listing NGR: SE9066533323

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26442638

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)