Description

WOLSINGHAM A689
NZ 13 SW
(South side, off)
31/332 Low Harperley
Farmhouse
31.1.67
GV II*

Originally known as Harperley Hall. Manor house, now farmhouse. C16 and C17,
probably incorporating an earlier building; C18 alterations and additions.
Sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and quoins; stone-flagged roof, partly
renewed, with yellow brick chimneys, and red brick external stack on left
return gable. H-plan. 2 storeys, 3 wide bays and one-storey, one-bay left
extension; rear right extension behind barn on north. Boarded door in irregular-
block jambs under elliptical stone lintel in left extension; blocked door at
left of central bay. Outer bays project under catslide roofs. Left extension,
blank except for door, has 3 irregular rows of throughstones. Stone-mullioned
windows have varying numbers of lights with elliptical heads, chamfered reveals
and label moulds; right wing has square-headed double-chamfered 2-light
casements. Some blocked windows in central bay. Steeply-pitched roof has 4
ridge chimneys, the left an external stack with side arch on stone lower part
with offsets. Door has date panel over door incised SC MDC 1765. Rear
elevation shows date panel SC 1762 over north extension; arms of Cradock
family over central bay.

Interior: Left extension contains front passage to store room with fire hood
and first-floor gallery. Left wing contains low-segmental-headed stone chimney
arch and stop-chamfered beams and joists; oak-boarded screen. Screen passage
has shouldered stone arch at rear to central bay; arch opens onto rounded
corner, possibly former stair. Many mid-C18 panelled doors; cupboard of C17-
style panelling in first-floor central room. Enclosed stair at rear of south
wing and at front of right wing. Stone-flagged floors in storage room in left
extension and in pantry in central bay.

Source: Conyers Surtees The History of the Parishes of Thornley and Tow Law
together with the Lordship of Bradley. 1926, 21-27.

Listing NGR: NZ1196734912

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17536688

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments