Swinhopeburn Court House
SWINHOPEBURN COURT HOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1277158
- Date first listed:
- 05-Jun-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Swinhopeburn Court House
- Statutory Address:
- SWINHOPEBURN COURT HOUSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1277158
- Date first listed:
- 05-Jun-1987
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 17-Oct-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Swinhopeburn Court House
- Statutory Address 1:
- SWINHOPEBURN COURT HOUSE
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:
- SWINHOPEBURN COURT HOUSE
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:
- NY 90959 37537
Details
In the entry for
STANHOPE SWINHOPEBURN NY 93 NW NY 9223375 19/279 Swinhopeburn Farmhouse
The address shall be amended to read: Swinhopeburn Court-house
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STANHOPE SWINHOPEBURN NY 93 NW NY 909375 19/279 Swinhopeburn farmhouse
GV II
House. Early and late C17. Coursed sandstone and limestone rubble with irregular plinth, some quoins and ashlar dressings; stone-flagged roof with stone gable copings; left chimney rendered. 2 builds; second build at left 2½ storeys, 3 bays; first build 2 storeys, 2 wide bays. Small left one-storey outhouse. Taller left part has central 4-panel door and overlight under thin stone lintel; similar lintels and roughly-dressed sills to late C19 sashes on ground and first floors in outer bays; top floor has 2 small 4-pane fixed lights with thin stone shelf sills. Blocked 3-light stone-mullioned window over door. Roof has irregular gable copings; square right end chimney. Left return gable has massive external stack. 2-storey first build has chamfered round-cornered blocked doorway at extreme left, with alternate-block jambs of which the left forms quoins for second build. Wide tooled surround to central door with round-headed panels; late C19 sashes between doors, and on first floor, with thin stone sills and lintels; square-headed window in plain stone surround at right has shutter-pin holes. Massive square stack with domed top, to left of centre; right end square stack. Rear elevation shows 2-storey, 2- bay wing on second build, with small chamfered light in return and in adjacent rear wall.
Interior not inspected.
Listing NGR: NY9095937537
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 407613
- 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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