Description

STANHOPE SWINHOPEBURN
NY 93 NW NY 907365

19/280 New Close Farmhouse
with stable, byre
and lofts
GV II
Farmhouse, byre and lofts. Early C18 house; byre, with lofts over, late C18
and circa 1800. Sandstone rubble, roughly coursed and squared, with irregular
plinth, ashlar dressings and quoins; stone-flagged roofs. 2 storeys, 2,2,3
bays; 7 bays in all. East elevation has 3-bay house at right with central 3-
light stone-mullioned window. 2-light casement and 2-light horizontal sliding
sash at eaves in first 2 bays; third bay blank. Stable and loft, adjoining to
left has 2 bays. 2 higher storeys, with thin stone lintels over boarded door
and empty window on ground floor, and boarded pitching door above. Later byre
and loft at left has 2 storeys, 2 bays; plain stone surrounds to boarded door
and loft door; thin wood lintel over boarded window at right; first-floor vent
slits. House has large square right end chimney; left end building has low-
pitched roof. Right return gable has painted stop-chamfered stone surround to
boarded Dutch door. Large throughstone above; 2 courses of throughstones and
2 large throughstones below chimney. Right return gable of adjacent higher
part has small square light in gable peak. Rear elevation shows one-storey
extension under catslide roof.

Listing NGR: NY9067736558

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26525827

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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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)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)