Description

HARBERTON
SX7658-SX7758
14/408 EAST LEIGH CROSS
Rock Farmhouse

II

Small farmhouse. Circa late C17. Rendered stone rubble and cob. Asbestos
slate roof with gabled ends. Rendered gable end chimney stacks.
Plan: Original plan uncertain but appears to be 2 rooms with short rear wing
at right angles at higher left end forming overall L-shaped plan. Later
outshuts: rear outshut in the angle of the wing, one at lower gable end and
another at side of wing at upper end. Large projecting chimney stack at
lower gable end with oven. Internal stack at gable end of wing.
Exterior: 2 storeys. 2 window range. Gable end of wing to left with
internal stack. C20 casements, ground floor large, of 3 lights, first floor
2-light casements. Central doorway with C20 gabled porch. Large projecting
chimney stack with set offs at lower gable end with rounded oven
projecting at base.
Interior: Room at higher end has chamfered ceiling beam with straight cut
stops and blocked fireplace. Room at lower end also has blocked fireplace.
Cupboard opposite rear doorway under central stairs has C18 fielded-panel
door. Central stair opposite front entrance between higher and lower end
rooms.

Listing NGR: SX7650658372

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26610626

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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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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)