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Woodsgift House

farmyard complex
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Woodsgift House
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Farmyard complex, c.1750, including:(i) Detached thirty-bay two-storey outbuilding range on a quadrangular plan comprising seven-bay two-storey range to south with single-bay full-height pedimented breakfront having segmental-headed carriageway, seven-bay two-storey range to west with pair of (full-height) round-headed carriageways, eight-bay two-storey range to north with series of three elliptical-headed carriageways to ground floor, and eight-bay two-storey range to east. Hipped slate roofs on a quadrangular plan (gabled to breakfront) with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods on slightly overhanging rendered eaves having iron brackets. Unpainted roughcast walls over random rubble stone construction with rendered surround to pediment to breakfront. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and timber fittings including louvered panel fittings (some having wrought iron bars). Square-headed door openings with some having cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds incorporating elongated voussoirs, and timber boarded doors. Segmental-headed carriageway to breakfront with painted corrugated-iron double doors. Pair of full-height round-headed carriageways to range to west with concealed red brick voussoirs, and no fittings. Series of three elliptical-headed carriageways to range to north with cut-limestone block-and-start surround to centre ground floor, and no fittings. Set back from road in grounds originally shared with Woodsgift House.(ii) Freestanding cast-iron waterpump, c.1875, comprising banded cylindrical shaft with moulded necking supporting cylindrical head having spout, curvilinear 'cow tail' handle, and inscribed domed capping on profiled course having finial.(iii) Walled garden to west with random rubble limestone boundary wall to perimeter of site.

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