Description

RAVENSTONEDALE CHURCH GATE
NY 60 SE (North side)

18/106 The Lane Cottage with
attached barn and
6.2.68 stable

GV II*

Farmhouse orné with adjoining threshing barn (now garage) and loose-box with hay
loft above. Dated 1767, with initials J.T. on lintel to former winnowing door.
1870 date, with initials T.H. (Thomas Hewetson) on jamb of loft door to south
return of loose box; i887 date, with same initials, on porch. 1892 date in
pediment, with inscription T. HEWETSON DEL. W. HODGSON SCULP above, on northern
extension; 1st floor added over part of rear outshut at same time. Later
alterations to rear. Coursed, squared rubble with quoins. Graduated slate
roof, hipped to north end, with outshuts to front and rear. Stone chimneys.
Apsidal plan to northern extension. 2 storeys, house 5 bays overall. East
elevation: Chamfered plinth. Full-height porch, to centre of original house,
has panelled door in shouldered Egyptian surround with blind arcading to jambs
and glazed tympanum. C18 window to left,of 4 lancets in surround formed by
interlaced arcading with colonettes fronting mullions; C18 window to right has 2
small semicircular-headed lights with square light to central spandrel.
Northern extension has 3 lights in Egyptian surrounds. 1st floor of porch has
glazed quatrefoil, with ramped cornice and stepped parapet above. C18 window to
left has had central colonette removed, probably when reglazed in late C19 with
3 inwardly-canted lights; C18 single-light window to right. 1st floor of
extension projects, carried on arched corbel table with ornate datestone;
tripartite casement with colonettes fronting mullions. Hoodmoulds with scrolled
labels to C18 windows on ground floor left and 1st floor. Moulded cast-iron
gutter carried on stone brackets; ornate stone kneeler with finial to original
north end of house. Extension's curved north return has 3-light mullioned and
transomed window to ground floor and 2-light window above; cornice between
floors features 2 overlapping roundels with (mock?) heraldic devices. Blocked
semicircular-headed Egyptian opening to north return of outshut. C20 doors and
windows to west elevation. Outbuildings under same roof to left. East
elevation: Plank winnowing door in full-height pointed surround with wooden
dovecote in tympanum. Plank door and small window to loose-box on left. West
elevation: C20 up-and-over garage door in original C18 opening with stone pier
supporting south end of lintel; room on right (former earth closet?) has plank
door and small C18 semicircular-headed window. Plank byre door and casement set
back on right. Stone coping and kneelers to south end of barn. Late C19
remodelled interior with richly moulded and carved woodwork survives virtually
intact: 1891 date, with initials T.H., on lintel to 1st floor front room,
south. Panelled hall ceiling has geometric ribbing with pendants at
intersections; other ceilings have moulded beams with foliate bosses to
intersections. Doors throughout have ornamental panelling.

Listing NGR: NY6943004178

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17543798

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