Description

LAYSTERS CP
SO 56 SW
7/35 Woonton Court
II
Farmhouse. C16, altered and extended during C17, further altered during
late C18 or early C19. Sandstone rubble refacing to timber-framed house;
sandstone rubble later additions, brick infill to timber-framing revealed
to rear, rubble stacks and shafts. L-plan with main range aligned south-
west/north-east facing south-east and wing extending to rear; further
additions to south-west end. Lateral stack to rear with decorative stone
shafts, further axial stack, entrance to south-east front. Single storey
and attic, two storeys to later addition. South-east front: two 2-light
casement windows to later addition to left, gable end of cross-wing with
two 2-light casement windows to first floor and French casements to ground
floor, main range to right with three gabled dormers with 3-light casement
windows, one 5-light C20 window and one 3-light window to right of ledged
door. There are seven rows of nesting boxes with alighting ledges to north-
east gable end. Interior reveals steeply chamfered beams to central room.
(RCHM, Vol 3, p 104).

Listing NGR: SO5483362322

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26460429

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Recommended Books

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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide