Former Byres and Shelter Sheds With Attached Wall at Park Head Farm
FORMER BYRES AND SHELTER SHEDS WITH ATTACHED WALL AT PARK HEAD FARM, A 688
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1297612
- Date first listed:
- 06-May-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Former Byres and Shelter Sheds With Attached Wall at Park Head Farm
- Statutory Address:
- FORMER BYRES AND SHELTER SHEDS WITH ATTACHED WALL AT PARK HEAD FARM, A 688
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- Date:
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1297612
- Date first listed:
- 06-May-1986
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 23-May-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Former Byres and Shelter Sheds With Attached Wall at Park Head Farm
- Statutory Address 1:
- FORMER BYRES AND SHELTER SHEDS WITH ATTACHED WALL AT PARK HEAD FARM, A 688
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:
- FORMER BYRES AND SHELTER SHEDS WITH ATTACHED WALL AT PARK HEAD FARM, A 688
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 23052 30937
Details
BISHOP AUCKLAND
NZ23SW A 688 634-1/2/11 (West side (off)) 06/05/86 Former byres and shelter sheds with attached wall at Park Head Farm (Formerly Listed as: Park Head Farm barns with attached wall)
GV II
Byres and shelter sheds (partly eye catcher), now stables, with boundary wall attached. Late C18. Coursed rubble with monolithic stone piers. Felt-covered roof with raised ventilators and small pantiled roof on pent addition to east range, Welsh slate roof with stone ridge on south range. Coursed stone boundary wall with flat stone coping. L-plan to south of Dutch barn (qv), boundary wall continuing north alongside main road and linking with north barns (qv). South range: one storey, 8:4 bays. North elevation facing yard has 4-bay range at right with round monolithic piers on chamfered round plinths supporting monopitch roof against west crow-stepped gable separating this from left part. Partly renewed in brick, and battlemented right return west gable facing Auckland Park. 8 bays set back at left have similar piers and lower monopitch roof. Adjacent east range breaks forward at left, set against high estate wall of coursed squared stone with flat coping, and has square piers with later blocking to form stables; small pent addition set back at left has pantiled roof. High estate wall facing road on east is ramped up to form rear wall of east range and continues to join barn and stable range (qv) to south-east of farmhouse (qv).
Listing NGR: NZ2305230937
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 385626
- 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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