Description

DENT

SD6987 GAWTHROP
162-1/23/171 Mill Beck and barn attached to south
14/06/84 end
(Formerly Listed as:
DENTDALE
Mill Beck)

II

Farmhouse with attached barn; now dwelling. Probably late C17
or early C18; extended, altered and refurbished. Roughly
coursed mixed rubble with quoins, the front of the house and
its north end painted white; stone slate roof. Single-depth
2-unit plan on a north-south axis, facing east and at
right-angles to a steep slope; with the barn on a higher level
at the south end; extended at an early date by the addition of
2 gabled wings to the rear with a lean-to outshut between
them.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with 4 small windows at 1st floor. The
ground floor has a gabled porch offset right, 2 windows to the
left and one to the right, that at the left end square with a
chamfered surround and stone slate drip-mould but the others
enlarged in C20; the upper floor has two 4-pane sashes to the
left and a 2-light casement and 1-light window to the right.
Large stepped gable chimney at junction with barn to left
(probably corbelled); small gable chimney to right. Barn to
left has doorway abutting junction, blocked doorway near south
end and a slit breather between these. North return side of
house has some through-stones and 2 small windows on each
floor. Rear: doorway in outshut and inserted window above and
right; one small window on each floor of south wing; 1-light
window at ground floor of north wing, and base of former
square gable chimney. Barn has 2 wagon doorways on this side,
one with a wooden lintel and the other with rubble voussoirs.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SD6994187036

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26663819

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)