Description

STOKE CLIMSLAND -
SX 37 NE
6/121 South Alston Farmhouse
-
- II

Farmhouse. Dated 1694 with later additions and alterations. Rendered slate-
stone; slate roof, hipped to left range. Probable 3-unit plan to main range
with through-passage to far left; section to left of entrance is either an
addition or the rebuilding of an earlier lower end. 2 storeys. 3 widely
spaced windows on first floor, C19 and early C20 casements, right with L-hinges.
Similar casements of 5 and 4 lights respectively to centre and right on ground
floor. C19 half-glazed door with margin lights to far left under C19 open
gabled timber porch with blind quatrefoil to centre and smaller blind quatrefoils
to bargeboards. Datestone inscribed:
NCD
WD
T 1694 B
above right ground-floor window. Ridge stack between centre and right windows
and external end stack to left. Range to left of entrance has 3-light multi-
paned casement directly below eaves. Catslide outshut to rear of main range.
Interior: Inspection not possible at time of resurvey (December 1987) but
likely to be of interest.

Listing NGR: SX3858475056

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26514745

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014