Listed Building: Barton Mead and attached wall (7/165)

House. Early C17, extended 1674 and altered C19 and 1926. Coursed limestone rubble, slate roof, brick ridge and end stacks. 4-unit plan. 2 storeys and attic; 5-window range. Main front to garden has old studded plank door to left of centre with chamfered wood surround, moulded stone lintel and hood mould. Irregular glazing of 2- and 3-light casement windows with wood lintels, single-storey bay window and 2-storey bay window to far right of 1926. Central datestone below eaves inscribed 1674. Right gable end has 2-light ovolo-moulded window with hood mould and two panels above framed by another hood mould, one with worn inscription with names John Barton and Richard Barton. 2-light ovolo-moulded window to gable above with round-arched light and small leaded crown glass panes. Plinth, quoins and hollow-chamfered stone eaves. Wall approximately 3 metres high extends from right end of house and forms boundary wall of garden along The Close and Gayton Road. Interior has stop-chamfered spine beams. Stone fireplace with moulded Tudor-arched head. Smaller stone fireplace in upstairs room with moulded jambs and lintel. Open kitchen fireplace with chamfered bressumer. Fitted cupboard with semi-domed head, fluted pilasters and shaped shelves.

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Sep 25 2020 3:19PM