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Demesne Farm Demesne House

A Grade II* Listed Building in Ebchester, County Durham

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.8937 / 54°53'37"N

Longitude: -1.8413 / 1°50'28"W

OS Eastings: 410275

OS Northings: 555455

OS Grid: NZ102554

Mapcode National: GBR HCLV.4J

Mapcode Global: WHC40.P8D7

Plus Code: 9C6WV5V5+FF

Entry Name: Demesne Farm Demesne House

Listing Date: 6 June 1951

Last Amended: 21 January 1987

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1240412

English Heritage Legacy ID: 438837

ID on this website: 101240412

Location: Ebchester, County Durham, DH8

County: County Durham

Electoral Ward/Division: Leadgate and Medomsley

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Ebchester

Traditional County: Durham

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): County Durham

Church of England Parish: Ebchester

Church of England Diocese: Durham

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Description


NZ 1055 CONSETT FRONT STREET

(West side)
Ebchester
17/41 Demesne Farm and
6/6/51 Demesne House
(Formerly listed as
Demesne Farm house)
GV II*
Farmhouse, now 2 separate residences. Dated 1705 for R.F. on lintel. Sandstone
rubble with gritstone quoins and ashlar dressings; roofs of Lakeland and Welsh
slate, with stone gable copings and ashlar and yellow brick chimneys. 2 storeys,
3 bays and lower 2-storey, 3-bay right extension. Central half-glazed door in
stop-chamfered surround with irregular-block jambs and lintel carved RF and
1705 flanking coats of arms; principal lines of carving are double. Windows in
outer bays have wide irregular wood lintels and are partly blocked, with 2-light
horizontal sliding sashes inserted over painted rendered sills; rendered lintel
to window over door. Right extension, formerly agricultural building, has C20
porch at left; one fixed light and 2 horizontal sliding sashes on ground floor,
with projecting stone sills, under inserted lintels; first floor has horizontal
sliding sash inserted above door, and vent slit under wide irregular wood lintel
at right.
Interior: main house has open-well stair with wide grip handrail on fat twist-
and-urn balusters, with panelled newels, some with flat caps, and moulded closed
string; parallel balustrade on outer wall and across landing has some balusters
missing, and continues across blocked landing window; right ground-floor room
has chamfered fire-beam with heck-post; bread-oven and stone fire surround
inserted; salt cupboard in inglenook on gable wall and blocked fire window in
front wall, both with rough wood lintels; left ground-floor room said to have
plain stone fire surround concealed behind C20 fireplace. First floor left room
has painted panels on gable wall, now concealed by false wall but reported to
depict men with guns in fields of corn-stooks, and pagoda-like building.
Ground-floor rooms have tongue-and-groove boarded ceilings. Interior of right
house shows some large irregular beams; low wide irregular opening in rear wall
under rough wood lintel; 2 wide arches in former cart-shed incorporated in house.


Listing NGR: NZ1027555455

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