Description

NY 56 SE FARLAM KIRKHOUSE

2/38 Farlam Hall Cottage
(Nos 5 & 6)

II

2 houses, formerly one bastle house. Probably late C16 with mid C19
alterations. Thick calciferous sandstone walls, Welsh slate roof, yellow brick
chimney stacks. 2 storeys, 2 bays each. No 6 left, has single-storey, 2-bay
lean-to extension at front, of hammer-dressed calciferous sandstone and Welsh
slate roof; plank door in wooden surround; 2-light wooden casement. No 5 has
central plank door with Cl9 rusticated surround; ground floor sash windows with
glazing bars have similar surrounds; gabled dormers above. At division between
houses is earlier filled ground floor entrance. Entrance in end wall right, now
filled, had chamfered surround similar to one at Denton Foot bastle house
nearby, which is dated 1594. See RCHM, Shielings & Bastles, 1970, p77.

Listing NGR: NY5701360009

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26620147

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