Description

SD 73 NE GOLDSHAW BOOTH

9/1
Stainscomb Farmhouse

- II

Farmhouse derelict at time of survey. Late C17. Coursed gritstone rubble, stone
slate roof. 2 storeys, 2 cells with 2-storey front porch and outshuts to rear.
Large quoins. Porch to right of centre, has chamfered quoined square-headed doorway;
within are stone benches and an old, studded oak door. Inverted offset beneath
niche for datestone (missing) set below intact 3-light, double-chamfered, mullioned
window. Housebody, set back on left, has an incomplete 5-light mullioned window
beneath similar 4-light window. Front wall to right of porch and roof above, have
collapsed. External stack to left gable no shaft. Rear: several crudely-formed
mullioned windows, mostly blocked. Interior: housebody has broad fireplace with
collapsed arch; twin spire beams; collared principal-rafter truss over. Stone-paved
stair and landing within outshut.
Sarah Pearons, Rural Houses of the Lancashire Pennines 1560-1760, RCHM, 1985,
Plate 64 and p149.

Listing NGR: SD7973138253

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26643695

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2