Description

ANCROFT CHESWICK
NU 04 NW
7/26 Farmbuildings at
22/12/69 East House Farm
(formerly listed
as barn to east
of East House)

GV II

Farmbuildings. 1808 for G. & R. Turnbull. Remodelled, south range altered
and yard roofed over 1879 for William Crossman. Rubble with dressings.
Welsh slate roofs. West range has pantiled roof. Square plan. West and
north ranges 2 storeys, the rest single-storey. Central high round-arched
carriage entrance with triangular dovecote screen in the gable above. Above
that a shield with WC 1879.

Tall range to left has blacksmith-type window and boarded door on ground
floor. On 1st floor a pitching door with lintel inscribed G & R T 1808.
Right return has 5 stable-type doors and a 5-bay cartshed with segmental
arches. Above this range 3 parallel hipped roofs installed when the yard
was covered in 1879 to form covered cattle pens. The interior of the yard
has good queen-post roofs and original wooden pens and feeding baskets.

Listing NGR: NU0315746640

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26590791

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)