Building record 1074400000 - UPPER FARMHOUSE, DUCK LAKE

Grade II. House. Formerly dated 1624 on chimney stack. Coursed rubble stone, stone dressings, tiled roof, brick end stacks, that to left with thin brick at base. Two storeys and attic, two bays. C19 3-light wooden casements under flat stone hoodmoulds. Heads of three former mullions remain in each ground floor window. Worn 2-light stone mullion window with hoodmould to attic of right-hand gable. Central six panelled door with rectangular barred fanlight in panelled surround with timber gabled and tiled hood on brackets. Rebuilt wing to rear. RCHM II p 187 MON 8 (B1).


(SP 70353569) Upper Farm [NAT] (B2).
Upper Farm. It was built of stone 1624, the date on a chimney stack, and the original plan was rectangular, facing SW; later in the 17th century a low wing was added, extending towards the NE; it is timber framed, and originally had wattle and daub filling, now replaced by brick; the wing was heightened in the 18th century. The roofs are covered with tiles, slate and corrugated iron. The SW elevation has four modern windows under early 17th century labels; each of the two lower windows retains the upper part of three original stone mullions. The SE elevation has, in the gabled of the main block, an original stone-mullioned window of two lights. At the NW end of the main block is a chimney stack with two square shafts of brick on a stone base, bearing the date 1624; the central stack of the NE wing is also on a stone base. Interior:- On the ground floor are two wide fireplaces, partly blocked, one in the main block and one in the wing. Some of the outbuildings, NW of the house, are of the 17th century, built of timber and brick. Condition - Good (B3).

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