Description

SD 52NE WALTON-LE-DALE SHUTTLING FIELDS LANE

5/132 Higher Shuttling Fields Farmhouse
Sept. 1960
- II

Farmhouse, said to be c. 1660. Brick, with stone plinth, large stone
quoins, stone mullion windows, slate roof, one modern brick chimney
rising from the eaves. Cruciform plan by extensions on each side of
rectangular house. 2½ storeys, low 2-storey service wing on south
side, 1½ storey porch on north side. No obvious front, present front
door being in service wing adjoining west gable end, with a monopitched
roof over it; gable walls have one double-chamfered stone mullion window on
each floor including the attic; at the west end 6, 6 and 3 lights, and at
the east end 6, 8 and 3 lights, all except those at ground floor having
hoodmoulds; at east end ground floor there is also a square top-hung
casement with glazing bars, which is a fire-window. Gabled porch on
north side has modern side door, a large stepped stone buttress and one
stone mullion window on each floor; similar 2-light window, blocked, at 1st
floor next to the porch. Interior: unusual 2-bay plan with fireplace
and staircase at corners of south side wall; ovolo-moulded beams on both
floors; inglenook with ovolo-moulded bressumer; dogleg staircase and
straight attic stair, the well at the top surrounded by unusual eared
splat balusters; timber-framed 1st floor partitions.

Listing NGR: SD5807526464

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26506290

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