Description

SD 42 SW
3/5

HESKETH WITH BECCONSALL,
SHORE ROAD
Bank Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse. Dated 1684 on porch; altered. Handmade brick (partly replaced with common brick), some boulder stone in rear wall, with damaged render; felted roof. Three-bay baffle-entry plan with projecting porch. Two storeys; 2-storey gabled porch in line with ridge chimney at junction of 2nd and 3rd bays, altered, has doorway altered as window, 1st floor band, a worn datestone with raised lettering HB 1684, and a small window with altered glazing set high at 1st floor; wall to left (apparently rebuilt) has segmental-headed windows of 2 lights on each floor of 1st bay, 3 lights at ground floor of 2nd bay; to the right, 3rd bay has a 2-light casement with a band over it, and segmental-headed 2-light casement at 1st floor. Gable chimneys and ridge chimney. Rear now of less interest. Interior not inspected, but said to have beams now underdrawn.

Listing NGR: SD4330623564

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26330705

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Recommended Books

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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)