Description

SKELMERSDALE

SD40NE ELMERS GREEN LANE
783-1/1/17 (East side)
25/06/73 Widdows Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse, now house. Dated 1680 on left gable; altered.
Coursed sandstone rubble, composition tile roof. L-plan formed
by 2-unit main range with added kitchen wing to rear of 1st
unit. Two low storeys and 3 windows; with a C20 glazed porch
to an altered or inserted doorway at the right-hand end, a
large C20 bow window to the left, between these a 5-light
mullioned window with a simple hoodmould, and at 1st floor two
3-light mullioned windows and a small single-light window
between them. Ridge chimney. The left gable wall has mullioned
windows of 5 lights at ground floor and 3 lights above, and a
datestone with raised lettering: I/ WK/ 1680, and to the rear
is a low wing with a C20 porch. The right-hand gable wall has
two 2-light windows at ground floor and one 3-light window
above, all with simple hoodmoulds. C20 addition in rear angle.
INTERIOR: remodelled but 1st bay and back kitchen have
chamfered beams. Forms a group with barn approximately 15
metres west (qv).

Listing NGR: SD4988806726

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26579479

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)