Farm Buildings at Beamish Hall Farm

FARM BUILDINGS AT BEAMISH HALL FARM

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1240809
Date first listed:
02-Dec-1969
List Entry Name:
Farm Buildings at Beamish Hall Farm
Statutory Address:
FARM BUILDINGS AT BEAMISH HALL FARM

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1240809
Date first listed:
02-Dec-1969
Date of most recent amendment:
21-Jan-1987
List Entry Name:
Farm Buildings at Beamish Hall Farm
Statutory Address 1:
FARM BUILDINGS AT BEAMISH HALL FARM

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
FARM BUILDINGS AT BEAMISH HALL FARM

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
County Durham (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Stanley
National Grid Reference:
NZ 21512 54294

Details

NZ 25 SW STANLEY BEAMISH MUSEUM 8/152 Farm buildings at 2/12/69 Beamish Hall Farm (Formerly listed as Farm buildings at Beamish Home Farm) GV II Farm buildings, consisting of former midden and foldyard enclosed by byres, barn and shelter shed with cart shed behind, and gingang attached to barn; pig- sties form fourth side of midden yard, and walls with muck pump attached form fourth side of fold yard. Boiler engine house at end of barn. Now museum. Late C18 to mid C19, with c.1973 restoration. Double square plan, the farmhouse (q.v.) forming the east side of the midden yard. Coursed squared sandstone rubble with quoins and ashlar and brick dressings; iron pump; Welsh slate and pantile roofs with stone gable copings. 2 low storeys; 4- and 5-bay byres on west and north sides of midden yard; 5-bay shelter shed and 4-bay barn on west and north sides of fold yard. Brick-arched low segmental openings to byres and shelter shed, and to 2 bays of barn; small louvred loft openings in each range at eaves. Gingang to north of barn has stone piers and half-octagonal roof. Boiler house attached to west end of barn has tall round brick corniced chimney on ridge of hipped roof; other ranges gabled. Pig sties and one earth-closet attached in midden yard have round-coped stone walls forming enclosures on side away from yard; flat stone lintels over entrances to sties; pantiled roof. Fold yard has round-coped wall forming south side, and external cast iron pump for extracting liquid from yard; 2 square piers form wide entrance to yard. Gin gang contains horse engine of c.1830 resited from Berwick Hill Low House Farm, Ponteland.

Listing NGR: NZ2151254294

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
439355
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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