Description

SD 61 NW HEATH CHARNOCK off LONG LANE

6/140 Holland Fold Farmhouse and
17.4.1967 attached barn
(Formerly listed as Holland Fold
- II Farmhouse with adjoining
barn)

Farmhouse, dated 1680 (internally). Coursed sandstone rubble with large
quoins, stone slate roof with brick chimney on ridge, another chimney at
corner of outshut (blocked with stone ball). Two-bay baffle-entry house
with outshut to rear of 2nd bay and barn under same roof at left end.
Two storeys and attic; gabled porch in centre has round-headed arch with
voussoirs continued down as jamb stones, small 2-light stone mullioned
window over arch; to left, one stone mullioned window on each floor
(5 and 4 lights); to right, a 3-light stone mullioned window with straight
dripstone, a 2-light cross-glazed casement above, and a single light
window above the porch. Right return wall has stone mullioned windows
with hoodmoulds: 5 and 3 lights at ground floor, 4 and 2 lights at
1st floor, and 3 lights to attic. Rear has lean-to additions at ground
floor, a 2-light sliding sash above. Barn at left end is partitioned
from house by timber-framed wall with wattle-and-daub infil; has wagon
doorway in rear (east) wall, that in front wall now blocked and replaced
by simple doorway. Interior: housepart in 2nd bay has inglenook
fireplace with stone hecks, and carved salt cupboard lettered in relief:
H parlour in 1st bay has slightly arched stone cross-corner
T : : I ;
1680
fireplace; both have stop-moulded beams. Unusually complete survival of
late C17 farmhouse.

Listing NGR: SD6029915691

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26644067

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2