Description

LOPPINGTON C.P. LOPPINGTON
SJ 4629-4729
15/48 The Nook Farmhouse
- (Formerly listed
28.10.60 as The Nook)
GV II
Farmhouse. Circa 1600 with later additions and alterations. Timber
framed with red brick infill on sandstone plinth; machine and plain
tile roofs with pointed finials to gables. H-plan. 2 storeys and attics.
Framing: close studding with middle rail to ground floor; continuously
jettied first floor has moulded bressumer supported on carved corner
posts and brackets; 4 small square panels to wall-plate with long straight
tension braces to front, 3 square panels to side walls. 1:2:1 windows,
late C19 and C20 casements, that to first floor of right gable with
cill supported on C17 carved brackets; late C19 gabled eaves dormer
to centre of hall range. Central gabled timber framed porch, largely
rebuilt late C19 over massive C17 nail-studded oak door with fleur-
de-lys pointed strap hinges. Prominent cruciform red brick axial ridge
stack to right of hall range and late C19 external lateral red brick
stack to left wing. Interior: inspection not possible at time of resurvey
(January 1986) but noted as having exposed timber frame and chamfered
ceiling beams to ground-floor rooms; several plank and muntin and panelled
doors. Late C19 single-storey lean-to to rear of left gable and C20
lean-to porch to rear of hall range are not of special architectural
interest.

Listing NGR: SJ4728529350

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26507832

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Recommended Books

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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
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas