Description

SO 23 SE CRASWALL CP -

2/5 Dukes Farmhouse and
adjoining barn

GV II

Farmhouse. C16 with C17 additions extensively remodelled during mid-C19
and early C20. Sandstone rubble, slate roof. Main house aligned north-
east/south-west facing south-east with stack backing onto probable former
through-passage, further later gable-end stacks, wings extending to rear
at either end, the C17 dairy wing adjoins the barn to the north-west.
South-east front: single-storey and attic, three dormer windows with C20
2-light casements, similar windows flank doorway with gabled porch, over-
light and ledged door. To the rear of north-east wing are two wooden
framed 3-light windows with diamond shaped mullions; on east face of
north-west wing is a wooden framed doorway with segmental head adjoining
a window formerly with diamond shaped mullions now cut at the base.
Interior of north-east wing and main house reveal cruck trusses largely
with cut tie-beams with extensive smoke blackening to north-east wing,
stone winder staircase with oak treads against central axial stack blocked
at upper level has ledged door with surface fillets; now enclosed to rear by
a later passage is the probable former main doorway with heavy chamfered
wooden frame with half-pyramidal stops, and 4-centred head, the north-west
dairy wing has timber-framed internal partitions, and an external stair
leading to upper room; small fireplace with corbelled bressummer. The
Barn adjoins dairy to north-west, extensively rebuilt with one C17 truss
remaining with vertical struts from tie-beam to collar with V-struts above. Barn
included for group value.

Listing NGR: SO2976234532

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26347427

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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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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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)