Description

SKELMERSDALE

SD50SW CASTLE HEY
783-1/4/3 (East side)
25/06/73 Barn and shippon approximately 30
metres north-east of Sutches
Farmhouse
(Formerly Listed as:
SKELMERSDALE AND HOLLAND
CASTLE HEY
Farm buildings at Sutches Farm)

GV II

Barn and shippon. Probably late C18; altered. Coursed squared
sandstone rubble, stone slate roof. Probably 3+2 bays, on
east-west axis facing south, with the former shippon in the
first bay, an outshut in front of this, and broader east end
(projecting to front and rear). The 2nd bay has a waggon porch
in the angle with the outshut to the 1st bay, both under a
carried-down roof. The projected east end has a central
doorway with plain surround and two 12-pane fixed windows
above. The east gable wall has a window and doorway at ground
floor and a loading door above; the west gable wall has 3
former shippon doorways altered as windows; and the rear is
generally similar to the front. Forms group with Sutches
Farmhouse (qv), stable or granary on east side of farmyard
(qv) and cart shed/stable on west side of yard (qv).

Listing NGR: SD5047404689

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26579854

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)