Description

SK 4379
11/75
1.8.75

PARISH OF ECKINGTON
CHURCH STREET
Malthouse Farmhouse

GV
II

Farmhouse. c1700 with C19 extension, restored 1983. Coursed
squared coal measures sandstone with ashlar dressings,
projecting quoins to main elevation, flush elsewhere, coved
eaves, moulded copings and kneelers, central brick stack and a
Welsh slated roof. T-plan house, with central baffle entry and
a stair tower to rear. North elevation. Two storey, five bays,
symmetrical elevation, formerly with 2-light flush mullioned
windows, now almost all replaced by 2-light glazing bar
horizontal sliding sashes in projecting surrounds, linked at
heads by plain bands. Central doorway with moulded surround,
keyblock to head and two panel door. Windows to rear and side
elevations have projecting lintels acting as dripmoulds.
Mullioned and transomed window to first floor stair landing. To
the east of the building, a lower two-bay range completely
remodelled in 1984, originally with some 2-light C18 mullioned
windows. Interior. Principal hearth to ground floor east side
with massive flat lintel, and quoined surround. Completely
refurbished in 1983/4. Malthouse farmhouse characterised the
intermediate stage between the decline of the central stack plan
form of the C16 and C17 and the development of formal or
symmetrical elevations at vernacular level in north Derbyshire.

Listing NGR: SK4321879618

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26380180

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock