Description

GRANGE-OVER-SANDS

SD4076 CART LANE
705-1/6/1 (West side)
02/05/75 Guides Farmhouse and attached farm
buildings
(Formerly Listed as:
CART LANE
Guides Farmhouse and adjoining farm
buildings)

II

House and attached farm buildings. Mid or late C17 with C18
and C19 additions and alterations. House of painted roughcast,
barn of exposed limestone rubble, and single-storey range of
painted rubble and brick. Slate roofs. Comprises a house to
the north, a taller bank barn to the south with its main upper
doorway on the west side, and a single-storey range projecting
towards the east from the junction between house and barn.
The house is of 3-cell plan and of 2 storeys plus attic. The
windows have plain reveals and projecting sills and are mostly
sashed. On the ground floor there are 3 windows (the middle
one with paired sashes) and on the 1st floor there are 5. The
attic has one casement window set between 2 blind recesses. To
the right of the 1st window is a door with plain reveals. To
the left of the right-hand window is a 2nd door with plain
reveals which has a flat stone hood on brackets. Chimneys on
right-hand gable and to left of 2nd doorway.
The north wall of the single-storey range contains 2 doorways
and has a chimney on the ridge. The barn has openings with
plain reveals and rough stone arches. At the lower level there
are 2 shippon doorways, a central cart store doorway, and a
small window at the left. At the upper level there is a
central threshing door.
INTERIOR: the central room on the ground floor has 2 main
ceiling beams with sunken quadrant mouldings, the right-hand
one originally serving as a firehood bressumer. The room is
divided from the southern room by a stone partition wall. The
rear staircase is said to be of stone, now covered with
timber.
The house is the residence of the official guide for the
oversands route.

Listing NGR: SD4007876467

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26559799

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments