West Cliff Farmhouse Danby, England
Listed Building Data
West Cliff Farmhouse has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1178629
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II
- Date Listed
- 20 December 1990
- Name
- WEST CLIFF FARMHOUSE
- Location
- WEST CLIFF FARMHOUSE
- Parish
- Danby
- District
- Scarborough
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Grid Reference
- NZ 68861 05007
- Easting
- 468861.0000
- Northing
- 505007.0000
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
In the entry for:-
NZ 60 SE DANBY DANBY DALE (west side)
10/38 Blackmires Farmhouse
II
The address shall be amended to read:-
NZ 60 SE DANBY DANBY DALE (west side)
10/38 West Cliff Farmhouse
II
NZ 60 SE DANBY DANBY DALE West side
10/38 Blackmires Farmhouse
II
Longhouse, C17 with alterations and extensions. Originally 1 storey and loft; byre turned into living quarters in late C17, the whole raised to 2-storey height, possibly in 1761 (date on right end chimney). Taller left early C19 wing and barn extension a little later. Older part coursed sandstone in large blocks with rough herringbone tooling; the top six courses and the extensions more even and smaller. Roofs,renewed in modern concrete tiles, retain stone dressings. Central boarded through-passage door; Yorkshire sash above. At right 3-light chamfered stone-mullioned window and a 2-light window, missing its mullion, above; at left C20 casements. Early C19 part 2 taller storeys, 2 bays. At right a half-glazed door under an obliterated date panel; small single light above. Modern casements in old openings with heavy lintels and projecting cills. 2-storey, 1-bay further extension (said to have been used as Quaker Meeting House) has replaced boarded door, small opening at left and window with Y-tracery head above; also small vent holes. Roofs have stone copings and square kneelers. Corniced chimneys at right end and backing on to the through-passage.
Rear elevation shows small, chamfered fire window at left, then a feeding-trough with through access, possibly dating from the early period of agricultural use. Boarded door with remnant of small 2-light mullioned window directly above, under later Yorkshire sash. Through-passage door and fire window to right of it, both blocked. modern glazing in C18 opening above. The C19 part projects at right with a Y-tracery-headed stair window above a lintel inscribed DAIRY. Extruded pent kitchen extension. Stable door, loft door and a small upper window in extreme right bay.
Interior: in original byre part an early C19 kitchen fireplace partly concealing a C17 stone moulded fireplace; opening for loft ladder alongside. Similar opening by C18 fireplace in house part, and holes for lower loft joists. In C19 part a good staircase with chamfered balusters and ramped handrail
Listing NGR: NZ6886105007
