Description

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SD 76 SE
3/9

GIGGLESWICK
STORTH GILL LANE (south side)
Far Rome Farmhouse

(formerly listed as Farther Rome)

20.2.58

GV
II

Farmhouse. Dated 1690 with C18 and C20 alterations. Sloobered square rubble, stone dressings, stone slate roof. Two storeys five bays. Rubble plinth. Entrance right of centre has chamfered surround and decorated lintel dated and inscribed A G W; six panel door. Four ground floor windows under continuous hoodmould which rises over lintel: double chamfered cavetto mullioned, chamfered fire window with round head and decorated lintel, two two-light double chamfered cavetto mullioned windows. On upper floor are four two-light chamfered mullioned windows and a small round-headed single light window above the fire window. Gable end ridge stacks and stack to left of centre.

Rear: C18 outshut houses staircase.

Interior contains segmental arched inglenook fireplace.

Listing NGR: SD7903962665

External Links

• Wikidata Q26424697

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  For the Record
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)