Description

CARLTON TOWN VILLAGE STREET
SE 0684-0784
(north side)
16/91 Ghyll Farmhouse
(formerly listed as Gill
13.2.67 Farmhouse)
GV II

Farmhouse and cottage, now 1 house. Late C17. Rubble, stone slate roof.
End-entry plan, 2 storeys with 2-storey rear outshut and formerly with loft,
3 first-floor windows, one blocked. Quoins to right, and partially between
first and second bays. Double-chamfered windows. Ground floor, from left:
4-light window with central king mullion; 4-panel door in cement surround;
2-light window; 4-light window, 2 left lights now altered to door. Moulded
string over second and third windows, returning part-way along right gable.
First floor, from left: 4-light window with central king mullion; blocked 2-
light window at lower level, formerly lighting staircase up side of chimney-
breast; 4-light window with central king mullion. Double stack between
first and second bays. Rear: some original mullion windows. Right return:
board door in chamfered ashlar surround; blocked single-light double-
chamfered first-floor window; blocked 2-light double-chamfered mullion
window in gable, the original gable having been steeper, for thatch.
Interior: board doors; stop-chamfered beams and joists; in ground-floor room
to far left, fireplace with segmental arched slab lintel, scored to appear
joggled, now incomplete and patched with rubble; stone stairs in open-well
plan, with stick balusters, possibly a later modification, and with cheese
room and dairy flanking. Thought to have been used at one time as a dame
school.

Listing NGR: SE0693684771

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26589130

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)