Description

RYLSTONE B6265
SD 9658-9758
(west side, off)
15/72 Lodge Cottage with
attached barn and
10.9.54 stables
GV II
Former service block to Rylstone Lodge (q.v.), with attached barn and
stable range. Mid C18 with late C18 - early C19 alterations. Gritstone
rubble, graduated stone slate roof. 2-storey, 2-bay house with rear wing;
lower 3-bay barn to left, bay 1 projecting as a 2-storey, 2-bay stable
wing. Quoins. House facade: a central 6-panel door in plain stone
surround; flanking and first-floor 3-light flat-faced mullion windows, the
mullions slightly recessed and one from each window removed when side-
hinged casements were inserted. Corniced end stack to left, a taller
corniced stack to ridge above the entrance. Barn to left of same build as
house; the cart entrance, right has double board doors with quoined jambs
and a 3-piece stone lintel, a row of pigeon holes above. A byre door to
left, with chamfered quoined jambs and massive lintel, a square loading
door above. Projecting wing, right return: board door with fanlight
centre, in projecting stone surround with imposts and keystone. First-
floor doorway in plain surround to right. Gable end: a window in a similar
surround to the doorway to right, the lower half blocked, the upper half of
10 small panes with radial glazing bars to head. 5 tiers of pigeon holes
with stone ledge perches to gable; shaped kneelers and gable coping. Rear
of barn: on left a C17 doorway with chamfered quoined surround and
segmental head to the massive lintel, the opening reduced to a window.
Interiors not inspected at resurvey. The house and barn may be C17 in
origin, made into service block for Rylstone Lodge to right (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SD9688558684

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26584524

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