Low Barmston Farmhouse

HER Number

7049

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Low Barmston Farmhouse

Place

Barmston

Map Sheet

NZ35NW

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Agricultural Building

Site Type: Specific

Farmhouse

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Large farmhouse. Circa 1840. Snecked rubble sandstone. Large quoins. Crow-stepped gable ends. Some ashlar dressings. Welsh slate roofs. Ashlar chimney stacks. Irregular plan. Baronial style. 2 storeys. Central bay is half-octagonal on first floor. Sash windows with glazing bars. 4-panelled door raised in centre to hold blank shields. L-shaped wing is linked by a yard wall to a lean-to. Small round-headed windows in one-storey part and in central gable end. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

433650

Northing

556780

Grid Reference

NZ433650556780

Sources

Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 2/79