Description

UP HOLLAND

SD50SW PIMBO LANE
783-1/4/59 (West side)
25/06/73 Lower Balcony Farmhouse
(Formerly Listed as:
SKELMERSDALE AND HOLLAND
PIMBO LANE
Lower Balcony Farmhouse and gate
piers)

GV II

Farmhouse. Probably mid C19. Coursed squared sandstone, stone
slate roof. Double-depth double-fronted plan with projected
centre. Jacobean style. Two storeys and attic, 1:1:1 windows,
the centre breaking forwards to form a 2-storey gabled porch;
with a plinth, a moulded string-course and ridged gable
copings with kneelers. The porch has a square-headed doorway
with double-chamfered surround, board door with overlight, and
a hoodmould with deep returned ends, and a 12-pane sashed
window above; the flanking bays have 16-pane unhorned sashed
windows; and all these windows have raised surrounds with
double-chamfered reveals. Gable chimneys (that to right
rebuilt in brick). The rear has similar fenestration, and a
single-storey gabled porch in matching style. Forms a group
with associated farm buildings round cobbled farmyard to rear:
coach house and cart shed range on west side (qv), cottages
(qv) and shippon range (qv) on east side, and barn at north
end (qv).

Listing NGR: SD5080803539

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26579344

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