Description

NORTH HILL
SX 27 NE
4/102 Trefuge Farmhouse and adjoining
barn and stable
GV II
Farmhouse, attached threshing barn with water wheel and stable. Probably C18, the
farmbuildings of the early C19. Stone rubble. Slate roof with hipped end on left
and gable end on right. Lower corrugated asbestos roof to stables on right.
Plan: Double depth plan house with entrance to left of centre, the hall-kitchen on
right and parlour on left, both heated by end stacks. There was probably a narrow
outshut across the rear with dairy on left and kitchen on right. In the later C19 the
house was extended when the outshut was raised to two storeys. The barn adjoining on
the lower left hand end is of rectangular plan with shippons on the ground floor and
a threshing floor above. To the rear is an overshot waterwheel in a deep pit with
outshut above containing mill machinery and pair of mill stones. Attached on the
higher right hand side of the house is a stable of rectangular plan with loft above.
Exterior: Two storeys. Asymmetrical front elevation, with house near centre, barn
on lower side on left and stable on right. The house has an entrance to left of
centre with C19 6-panel door in small open porch with flat roof. C19 2-light
casement to left and C20 3-light windows to right with dressed stone arch. Three
late C19 or C20 4-pane sashes on first floor. The stable to right has no openings in
the front wall. The barn to left has shippon doors on ground floor and threshing
door with hood on first. To the rear are a flight of granite steps leading up to the
opposing threshing door.
Interior: The outshut to rear of the barn contains the remains of an overshot wheel
in a deep pit below ground level. Above is the hurst frame containing the remains of
mill machinery and there is a pair of millstones above.
Interior of house not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX2876077255

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26541847

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (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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  For the Record
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas