Description

NZ 25 SW STANLEY BEAMISH MUSEUM
8/152 Farm buildings at
2/12/69 Beamish Hall Farm
(Formerly listed as Farm
buildings at Beamish Home
Farm)
GV II
Farm buildings, consisting of former midden and foldyard enclosed by byres,
barn and shelter shed with cart shed behind, and gingang attached to barn; pig-
sties form fourth side of midden yard, and walls with muck pump attached form
fourth side of fold yard. Boiler engine house at end of barn. Now museum.
Late C18 to mid C19, with c.1973 restoration. Double square plan, the farmhouse
(q.v.) forming the east side of the midden yard. Coursed squared sandstone
rubble with quoins and ashlar and brick dressings; iron pump; Welsh slate and
pantile roofs with stone gable copings. 2 low storeys; 4- and 5-bay byres on
west and north sides of midden yard; 5-bay shelter shed and 4-bay barn on west
and north sides of fold yard.
Brick-arched low segmental openings to byres and shelter shed, and to 2 bays
of barn; small louvred loft openings in each range at eaves. Gingang to north
of barn has stone piers and half-octagonal roof. Boiler house attached to west
end of barn has tall round brick corniced chimney on ridge of hipped roof;
other ranges gabled.
Pig sties and one earth-closet attached in midden yard have round-coped stone
walls forming enclosures on side away from yard; flat stone lintels over
entrances to sties; pantiled roof. Fold yard has round-coped wall forming
south side, and external cast iron pump for extracting liquid from yard; 2
square piers form wide entrance to yard. Gin gang contains horse engine of
c.1830 resited from Berwick Hill Low House Farm, Ponteland.

Listing NGR: NZ2151254294

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26533710

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)