Description

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SD 74 NE
3/6

CHATBURN
SAWLEY ROAD
Arnot House

(Formerly listed as Laneside Farmhouse, previously listed as Armot House or Laneside Farmhouse)

29.12.1952

II*
House, 1677. Limestone rubble with sandstone dressings and stone slate roof. Double-pile plan. 2 storeys with attics. Facade has central gabled porch with upper storeys oversailing on a string course. Windows mullioned with double chamfers, hoods, and leaded glazing. To the left of the porch is one of 6 lights with king mullion. To the right is one of 5 lights. On the 1st floor are ones of 2 lights and 3 lights to the left, with a blocked single-light window to their left. To the right of the porch is one of 4 lights. The porch has a 3-light stepped window on the 1st floor, with a one light attic window. The moulded door surround has a shaped lintel inscribed 'IBM 16 77'. The inner doorway has a chamfered surround and a studded door with strap hinges. Chimney on left-hand gable and in line with right-hand side of porch. The left-hand (west) gable wall has a one-light attic window. The right-hand gable has C17th mullioned windows on the ground and 1st floors, of 2 lights to the left and 3 lights to the right. The attic window is of 3 lights. The central ground-floor window is of later C19th type, of 2 lights with mullion. At the rear are double-chamfered mullioned windows, including a cross window on the 1st floor at the west side. Interior. The right-hand front room has a plaster panel over a later stone fireplace. It has 3 crude pilasters, now truncated, and decoration of tendrils and acorns. Above it is inscribed 'IB 1677 MB'. The left-hand front room has a wide fireplace with chamfered segmental arch. The voussoirs have masons' marks ('H' and 'I') inscribed. 2 chamfered stone door surrounds lead to the rear rooms. Marked as 'Armot House' on 6" Ordnance Survey map.

Listing NGR: SD7732745226

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17532633

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings