Mere Beck Farmhouse, Byre and Pigsty
MERE BECK FARMHOUSE, BYRE AND PIGSTY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1323051
- Date first listed:
- 17-Jun-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Mere Beck Farmhouse, Byre and Pigsty
- Statutory Address:
- MERE BECK FARMHOUSE, BYRE AND PIGSTY
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1323051
- Date first listed:
- 17-Jun-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Mere Beck Farmhouse, Byre and Pigsty
- Statutory Address 1:
- MERE BECK FARMHOUSE, BYRE AND PIGSTY
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:
- MERE BECK FARMHOUSE, BYRE AND PIGSTY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County Durham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Cotherstone
- National Grid Reference:
- NY 94874 18146
Details
COTHERSTONE BALDERSDALE NY 91 NW 14/38 Mere Beck Farmhouse, byre and pigsty II Farmhouse, byre and pigsty. Farmhouse dated 1742 on door lintel; early-mid C19 farmbuildings. Squared rubble. Farmhouse and pigsty have stone-flagged roofs; byre has blue slate roof; stone chimney stacks. Farmhouse, with rear outshut, has byre and pigsty attached to right.
2-storey, irregular 3-bay farmhouse with tall plinth and flush quoins. Central replaced partly-glazed door, in flush surround with thin alternating jambs, has lintel inscribed: 17 IP 42. Blank bay above door. Flanking 16-pane sashes with flush sills and lintels. Roof has corniced end stacks with water tables.
Set-back 2-storey, narrow 2-bay byre with loft. Boarded door with square window opening to left and C20 8-pane fixed light above. Single-storey, 2-bay pigsty, attached to_right, has 2 boarded doors and a feeding chute to right. Monopitch roof to lower rear wall.
Rear of right return of byre has external stone stairway leading to first-floor boarded door.
Derelict, detached buildings, to left of farmhouse, are not of special interest.
Listing NGR: NY9487418146
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 111200
- 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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