Description

WESTCOTE CHURCH WESTCOTE
SP 22 SW
2/257 Stayt's Farm
GV II
Former farmhouse linked by a doorway to The Close (q.v.). Mid-late
C17 with late C18-early C19 extension. Limestone rubble with
dressed stone quoins. Stone slate roof with ashlar stacks, one
repaired C20 in coursed squared and dressed limestone. 'L'-shaped
plan. Two storeys and attic. Entrance front with gable projecting
forwards slightly on the right. Four-light, double-chamfered,
stone-mullioned casement with a stopped hood to the ground floor.
Three-light metal casement within a double-chamfered surround, to
the left, single light metal casement within a flat-chamfered stone
surround far left. Three-light double-chamfered stone-mullioned
casement with a stopped hood to the ground floor of the left gable
end. Two C17 and one C20 three-light stone-mullioned casements
with stopped hoods, to the first floor. Two-light stone-mullioned
casement to the first floor of the left gable end and 2-light
double-chamfered, stone-mullioned casement with a stopped hood to
the attic. Single-light stairlight between the first and second
floors at the centre of the facade. All windows with leaded panes,
some with early handles. C20 plank door within a dressed three-
centred arched surround off-centre left within a C20 gabled wooden
porch with timber uprights. Seven pigeon holes at first floor
level in the right gable end.
Interior; spine beam and transverse beams with cushion-moulded and
diamond stops. Inglenook fireplace with a Tudor-arched bressumer.
Part of splat balustrade reused over an early doorway. Part of
strapwork frieze incorporating the sunflower motif. Dressed stone
fireplace with a moulded Tudor-arched fireplace now containing a
cast-iron C19 hob grate with floral decoration.

Listing NGR: SP2194020662

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26446966

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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