Leap Mill Farmhouse and Aqueduct Wall, With Pigsty/henhouse Attached
LEAP MILL FARMHOUSE AND AQUEDUCT WALL, WITH PIGSTY/HENHOUSE ATTACHED, BUSTY BANK
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1240813
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jan-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Leap Mill Farmhouse and Aqueduct Wall, With Pigsty/henhouse Attached
- Statutory Address:
- LEAP MILL FARMHOUSE AND AQUEDUCT WALL, WITH PIGSTY/HENHOUSE ATTACHED, BUSTY BANK
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1240813
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jan-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Leap Mill Farmhouse and Aqueduct Wall, With Pigsty/henhouse Attached
- Statutory Address 1:
- LEAP MILL FARMHOUSE AND AQUEDUCT WALL, WITH PIGSTY/HENHOUSE ATTACHED, BUSTY BANK
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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:
- LEAP MILL FARMHOUSE AND AQUEDUCT WALL, WITH PIGSTY/HENHOUSE ATTACHED, BUSTY BANK
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County Durham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 17556 57226
Details
NZ 15 NE STANLEY BUSTY BANK (West side) Burnopfield 2/158 (inset) Leap Mill Farmhouse and aqueduct wall, with pigsty/henhouse attached GV II* Farmhouse and mill. Early C18 with late C18 addition. Thinly-rendered sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and quoins; Welsh slate roof with brick chimneys. 2 builds: south elevation has 2-storey, 2-bay right house and mill; one-storey, 2-bay left addition on higher ground continuous with first floor of right part. First build has steps down to near-central boarded door under flat stone lintel; irregular fenestration of varied sizes, with late C19 sash on ground floor, and 16-pane sash above at left; small 4-pane light above door, and wide 2-pane light at right on first floor, with flat stone lintels. Roof has C20 skylights and 3 ridge chimneys. Right return has small square lights to mill, and pit for overshot mill wheel. Pigsty/henhouse; attached and set back at right over mill race, has rear walled enclosures and single hen-hole. Second build at left has steps up to boarded door, and 16-pane sash at left, with flat stone lintels. Interior: stop-chamfered stone surround to internal door to mill, now enclosed in rear extension. Complete mill machinery, the upper wheels of wood, the lower of cast iron with wood cogs; 2 sets of mill-stones. Circa 80 cm-wide stone wall, breaking forward at right and extending the length of the garden, formerly held aqueduct for mill.
Listing NGR: NZ1755657226
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 439361
- 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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