Merry Shield Farmhouse, Attached Cottage, Farmbuilding, House Occupied By Mr and Mrs Beattie and Garden Wall
MERRY SHIELD FARMHOUSE, ATTACHED COTTAGE, FARMBUILDING, HOUSE OCCUPIED BY MR AND MRS BEATTIE AND GARDEN WALL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1045370
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jun-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Merry Shield Farmhouse, Attached Cottage, Farmbuilding, House Occupied By Mr and Mrs Beattie and Garden Wall
- Statutory Address:
- MERRY SHIELD FARMHOUSE, ATTACHED COTTAGE, FARMBUILDING, HOUSE OCCUPIED BY MR AND MRS BEATTIE AND GARDEN WALL
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1045370
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jun-1986
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 01-Jul-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Merry Shield Farmhouse, Attached Cottage, Farmbuilding, House Occupied By Mr and Mrs Beattie and Garden Wall
- Statutory Address 1:
- MERRY SHIELD FARMHOUSE, ATTACHED COTTAGE, FARMBUILDING, HOUSE OCCUPIED BY MR AND MRS BEATTIE AND GARDEN WALL
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- MERRY SHIELD FARMHOUSE, ATTACHED COTTAGE, FARMBUILDING, HOUSE OCCUPIED BY MR AND MRS BEATTIE AND GARDEN WALL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Stocksfield
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 06234 61768
Details
In the entry for:-
BROOMLEY AND STOCKSFIELD MERRYSHIELDS NZ 06 SE
5/102 1, 2, 3 and 4 Merryshields Cottages and adjacent Farmbuildings
II The entry shall be amended to read:-
NZ 06 SE BROOMLEY AND STOCKSFIELD MERRY SHIELD
5/102 Merry Shield Farmhouse, attached cottage, farmbuilding, house occupied by Mr & Mrs Beattie and garden wall.
II
Farmhouse with attached cottage to north and farmbuilding range to east, linking it with eastern house; garden wall attached to east of eastern house. Late C18 except for cottage extension mid C19. Rubble, with cut quoins and dressings; part rendered; farmbuilding brick-lined; wall brick with stone plinth and coping. Purple slate roof with stone copings and brick stacks.
Plan: originally a single near-symmetrical composition, but farmhouse extended to north and cottage added to form L-shape. Long south front has 3-storey 1-bay ends and 2-storey centre, blank except for door in modern glazed porch to eastern house; and boarded central door in narrow-chamfered opening, with pitching door to right and small window to left, where the farmhouse extends into the first bay of the farmbuilding.
Left return shows main front of farmhouse, which incorporates 1-bay of the 2- storey extension: 2 wide irregular bays with boarded door to cottage at left and 4-panel door to farmhouse at right, both under overlights; scattered 4-pane sashes in this part. Original 3-storey farmhouse, 1 wide bay: tripartite sashes with glazing bars on ground and first floors, keyed bunette above. Stone gable copings on curved kneelers; stacks at right end and on ridge and left end of extension.
Right return shows eastern house similar to farmhouse, except that east wall is rendered and first-floor window replaced, in its tripartite form, with casements.
Rear elevation shows pebbledash on cottage. Outbuilding 6 bays with angled stone stair to loft door at left: 3 boarded doors and part-slatted openings.
Wall (the remnant of a large walled garden) runs north from north-east corner of eastern house for about 30 metres and returns east for 2 metres at north end. Flat slab coping.
Small brick and breeze-block extensions to rear of eastern house are not of interest.
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Listing NGR: NZ0623461768
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 240475
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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