Description

FARMINGTON -
SP 11 SW
3/38 Empshill Farmhouse and adjoining
stableblock
GV II

Detached farmhouse and adjoining stableblock. Late C18, altered
and extended C19. Coursed squared and dressed limestone. Stone
slate roof, ashlar stacks. Rectangular plan to main body with
later out-shut to rear, partially converted stableblock right of
main body. Main body; 2 storeys and attic, lit by single lights
in gable ends. Four-windowed facade with 2-light double-chamfered
stone-mullioned casements. Cl9 canted bays to left and right-hand
bays on ground floor. Double-chamfered single light, right of C20
part-glazed plank door. Partially converted stableblock right 1½
storeys. Attic lit by C20 two-light roof dormer. Plank door and
stable type door to ground floor. One 2-light casement and 2
fixed 6-pane windows. Gable-end stacks to main body, axial stack
to stableblock. All stacks with moulded cappings. Interior not
inspected. Forms one element in a close-knit group of farm
buildings (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SP1410714703

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26590803

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)