High Bishopley Farmhouse and Barn Adjoining
HIGH BISHOPLEY FARMHOUSE AND BARN ADJOINING, BISHOPLEY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1278248
- Date first listed:
- 05-Jun-1987
- List Entry Name:
- High Bishopley Farmhouse and Barn Adjoining
- Statutory Address:
- HIGH BISHOPLEY FARMHOUSE AND BARN ADJOINING, BISHOPLEY
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1278248
- Date first listed:
- 05-Jun-1987
- List Entry Name:
- High Bishopley Farmhouse and Barn Adjoining
- Statutory Address 1:
- HIGH BISHOPLEY FARMHOUSE AND BARN ADJOINING, BISHOPLEY
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:
- HIGH BISHOPLEY FARMHOUSE AND BARN ADJOINING, BISHOPLEY
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 01289 35536
Details
STANHOPE BISHOPLEY NZ 03 NW Frosterley 21/152 High Bishopley Farmhouse and barn adjoining GV II
Farmhouse and barn with byre. Circa 1700 with circa 1800 alterations. Coursed sandstone rubble with quoins; incised stucco on house; ashlar dressings; irregular plinth; stone-flagged roofs. House 2½ storeys, barn 2 storeys; 3 and 2 bays. House has irregular fenestration; boarded door and 3-pane overlight at left of second bay; late C19 sashes in outer bays and similar smaller sash above and to right of door; 2 small 2-light windows at eaves; blocked 2-light stone-mullioned window revealed to right of door. Low-pitched roof has end chimneys with thin strings. Right return gable has through-stones below chimney. Lower barn at right has partly-glazed boarded door, in plain stone surround, at left of second bay; similar surround to partly-glazed loft opening above and to right of door; inserted window at,ground floor left under flat stone lintel; vent slits above. Rear elevation has wide one-storey pent outshuts at either end of house; central section of rear wall has blocked single-chamfered stone windows on ground and first floors. Barn has 2 ground-floor byre entrances with boarded doors in plain stone surrounds; side steps to similar loft door; vent slits. Interior not inspected.
Listing NGR: NZ0128935536
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 406230
- 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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