Sink Fall Farmhouse With Attached Farm Buildings
SINK FALL FARMHOUSE WITH ATTACHED FARM BUILDINGS, RAKES MOOR LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1283020
- Date first listed:
- 06-May-1976
- List Entry Name:
- Sink Fall Farmhouse With Attached Farm Buildings
- Statutory Address:
- SINK FALL FARMHOUSE WITH ATTACHED FARM BUILDINGS, RAKES MOOR LANE
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1283020
- Date first listed:
- 06-May-1976
- List Entry Name:
- Sink Fall Farmhouse With Attached Farm Buildings
- Statutory Address 1:
- SINK FALL FARMHOUSE WITH ATTACHED FARM BUILDINGS, RAKES MOOR LANE
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:
- SINK FALL FARMHOUSE WITH ATTACHED FARM BUILDINGS, RAKES MOOR LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Westmorland and Furness (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 21179 73560
Details
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SD27SW RAKES MOOR LANE 708-1/4/106 (South side) 06/05/76 Sink Fall Farmhouse with attached farm buildings
II
Farmhouse and cottage with attached farm buildings. C18 altered C19. Red sandstone partly roughcast; graduated slate roof partly replaced by corrugated sheets. L-shaped, elongated range: 2-storey house and cottage have 2:1 windows to 1st floor; 6-bay barn under same roof on left; later 2-storey cow house wing to front left. Both farmhouse and barn have 2- storey wings to rear. House: C20 door within gabled, sandstone porch flanked on each floor by 6-pane sashes with projecting sills and stone lintels. Cottage to right has panelled door and paired 4-pane sashes beneath 6-pane sash. Right gable with ashlar copings and C19 stone stack; 2 matching ridge stacks. Barn: altered waggon entrance with doorway to right. Cow house front gable has segmentally-arched door beneath 3 slits; its right return has 3 small openings and loft door flanked by slits. Rear of house: wing lit by 2-light, square-faced mullioned window to each floor; 3 similar windows to main range on left. INTERIOR of farmhouse: fielded 2-panel pine doors off landing. Barn has C18 roof of principal-rafter trusses with double purlins. Cow house: pattern-book, king-post truss. Floor framing of rear wing to barn suggests former use as horse gin.
Listing NGR: SD2117973560
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 388559
- 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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