Building record MYO644 - ST PETERS FARMHOUSE

Summary

House of mid-18th with 20th century renovations, two storeys. Plan: end-baffle-entry 2-cell plan. Welsh Slate and brick. The house may represent the rebuilding of the south end of an earlier C17 3-cell lobby-entry house of which the north end survives as St Peters Farm cottage.

Location

Grid reference SE 5612 5202 (point)
Map sheet SE55SE
Civil Parish Rufforth and Knapton, City of York, North Yorkshire
Unitary Authority City of York, North Yorkshire

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Full Description

House and adjoining cottage to left. House of mid C18 with C20 renovations and cottage of early-mid C18 with major C20 renovations. Brick in English bond and Welsh slate roof to house; rendered brick and pantile roof to cottage. House: end-baffle-entry 2-cell plan. Cottage: direct-entry 2-cell plan with ground floor now knocked through. 2 storeys, 2 first-floor windows to each dwelling, with lower roofline to cottage. House: C20 panelled door to left and. two 3-light Yorkshire sashes with glazing bars to right, all beneath elliptical arches. Cottage: C20 six-panel door with 2-light casement to left and 3-light casement to right. 2-course band common to both dwellings. First floor: 2-light casements to each dwelling those to house beneath elliptical arches. Dentilled eaves course to house. Steeply-pitched roofs and end stacks to both dwellings. Interior: house has original bressumer, fireplace and flanking deep cupboards with replacement fire surround, and chamfered ceiling beams to both storeys. The cottage has lost its moulded plaster cornice to main room. The house may represent the rebuilding of the south end of an earlier 3-cell lobby-entry house of which the north end survives as the cottage. North Yorkshire and Cleveland Vernacular Buildings Study Group Report No 496.
Listing NGR: SE5613852013

Derived from English Heritage LB download dated: 22/08/2005

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Jun 3 2024 3:17PM

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