Peakfield Farmhouse and House Adjoining to Right
PEAKFIELD FARMHOUSE AND HOUSE ADJOINING TO RIGHT, PEAKFIELD BANK
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1232073
- Date first listed:
- 31-Jan-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Peakfield Farmhouse and House Adjoining to Right
- Statutory Address:
- PEAKFIELD FARMHOUSE AND HOUSE ADJOINING TO RIGHT, PEAKFIELD BANK
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1232073
- Date first listed:
- 31-Jan-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Peakfield Farmhouse and House Adjoining to Right
- Statutory Address 1:
- PEAKFIELD FARMHOUSE AND HOUSE ADJOINING TO RIGHT, PEAKFIELD BANK
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:
- PEAKFIELD FARMHOUSE AND HOUSE ADJOINING TO RIGHT, PEAKFIELD BANK
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County Durham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Stanhope
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 01302 36722
Details
STANHOPE PEAKFIELD BANK NZ 03 NW (South side, off) Frosterley
21/248 Peakfield farmhouse 31/1/67 and house adjoining to right GV II Farmhouse. C17. Sundial, now eroded, formerly dated 1687. Coursed sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings; stone-flagged roof. L-plan. 2 storeys, 3 windows. Partly-glazed door at left of third bay in cyma-moulded architrave, with pulvinated frieze and cornice. First 2 bays have 3-light horizontal sliding sashes with moulded sills; lugged flat stone lintels under label moulds; similar treatment to small window to right of door, with altered glazing, which is now part of the house to the right. 12-pane sash inserted on first floor at right under chamfered stone lintel and with re-used moulded sill and label mould. Low-pitched roof has 3 ridge chimneys with thin bands. Rear elevation has outshut with 2 low storeys under catslide roof; rear wing at right, behind third bay, has semi-circular stone-coped oven projection in rear gable, which has rows of pigeon holes and shelves in gable peak. Remainder of house to right is not of special interest. Interior: through-passage with fire backing onto it at left; wood fire lintel with run-out chamfer; small square recess in outer wall to right of fire; joists have stepped stopped chamfers. Moulded panelled screen to left of fire encloses space under stair, with 8-panel door with moulded stiles and rails. Several C17 doors with early snecks and turning loop handles, one with star scutcheon.
Listing NGR: NZ0130236722
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 407391
- 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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