Description

SD 93 NW
12/302

TRAWDEN
Higher Oakenbank

II
Small farmhouse. Late C17, probably rebuilt and extended late C18; undergoing renovation 1988. Coursed rubble gritstone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys single-cell width, 2 deep; addition set forward on left; rear outshuts to both parts. Original house has large quoins and small, chamfered fire-window on left (mullion removed); to right is a larger 2-light mullioned window with inserted opening on its right. 1st floor: walling is more deeply coursed; 6-light, square-fenced mullioned window with king mullion. Stone end stack on left. Addition, forward on left, has door on right of 2-light, square-faced mullioned window; square hatches over; no roof covering. Right return of original house has a small chamfered window on left and upper floor of more deeply coursed stone with 2-light and 1-light windows.
Interior not inspected: RCHM notes C18 fireplace and doorway through to rear with stopped chamfer; beams and joists in housebody with stopped chamfers; king-post truss with raking struts.

Sarah Pearson, Rural Houses of the Lancashire Pennines 1560-1760, RCHM, 1985, p166.

Listing NGR: SD9146737196

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26536496

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Recommended Books

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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair