Tor Farm Grindleford, England

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GRINDLEFORD

355/0/10012 EYAM WOODLANDS 28-MAR-03 Tor Farm

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Farmstead, vacant at time of inspection in April 2002. Late C17 to late C19 with C20 alterations. Coursed gritstone rubble, dressed stone detailing including large quoins, kneelers and copings. Stone slate and Welsh slate roof coverings, laid to diminishing courses, with some replacement C20 corrugated sheeting to outbuildings. PLAN: Evolved multi-phase courtyard plan, comprised of double pile farmhouse, attached front enclosure wall and attached cowhouse / stable range to north side of yard; detached split level barn with lofted lower end to the west and minor outbuildings on south side of yard and to east of the house. EXTERIOR: Farmhouse of 2 storeys and 4 bays. An 'M' roof of two parallel ranges, with kneelers and gable copings; 3 stone ridge stacks, one to centre and on both gables far right. Blocked original entrance with massive stone lintel and remains of jamb stones to far right, present entrance to bay 3, a plain opening with stone lintel. A blocked doorway to left, bay 2. 2-light windows throughout, hollow chamfer mullions surviving to ground floor, bays 1 and 4 and missing from the 2 widely-spaced first floor windows in bays 1 and 3. North elevation with square windows to each end at ground and first levels, and narrow central first floor window. Upper floor windows have 3-light metal frames of 4 lights each. Sills and lintels are rusticated, with edge-tooling. Right return with side entrance obscured by C20 lean-to porch. INTERIOR: Not inspected but the front right room, has an original fireplace with moulded stone jambs, and spine beams to ceiling. Attached front wall: a high screen wall to left of well-coursed stone with dressed copings drops to a lower and more irregular coursing along the front, with flat coping and blocked central gateway; present gateway far right has stone round-topped diagonally tooled gate piers. OUTBUILDINGS: Attached byre and stable range to left: a low 2-storey, 4-bay range on a steep slope; 2 phases distinguished by large quoins between bays 2 and 3. Irregular quoins to left end. Upper floor entry up 3 stone steps far right, with square window on its left; 3 doorways with stone lintels; inserted or enlarged window with small panes, projecting stone sill and concrete lintel to bay 3. Square pitching openings under eaves to bays 2 and 3. Rear: quoins define two phases of construction, as front. The left end has two blocked doorways, the central doorway having an inserted boarded opening, probably a mucking-out hole. Two inserted small-pane windows, left and to upper storey right. Right end: irregular quoins; square mucking-out hole right and two small square vents to upper level. Left return: window to lower storey has stone sill and lintel. INTERIOR: king-post roof; timber stalls and loft. West barn and stable range: built across the ground slope to provide a 2-bay barn and 2-storey byre and loft over on right. Central full-height barn door with iron strap hinges; double doors [now garage] to left, byre door to right, reduced to window, stable door far right with square window to side and hay eye above; narrow slit vents. Rear facade obscured by corrugated iron lean-to, slit vents. Left return: tall narrow owl hole below ridge, stone surround; small pigeon hole with stone perch below right. Right return: square window with large lintel to right is blocked; central inserted mucking-out hole. INTERIOR: stone dividing wall; 4-bay roof structure of king-posts with side struts and iron fastenings. South range of outbuildings comprises a rubble stone 2-bay hen and pig house with attached lean-to or privy of dressed and coursed stone, quoins and with stone slate roof, and a low flat-roofed pigsty with feeding slots to left. Eastern outbuildings range: low 2- bay rubble building with lean-to attached to left. 2 or more phases of building, with quoins to right. Timber lintel to wide door centre, 6-