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placename:- Broomhill
parish Irthington parish, once in Cumberland
county:- Cumbria
building/s
coordinates:- NY48486620
10Km square:- NY46

1Km square NY4866

database:- Listed Buildings 2010

Listed Buildings 2010

courtesy of English Heritage
BROOMHILL AND BARN ADJOINING / / / IRTHINGTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 77915 / NY4848566203
courtesy of English Heritage
Farmhouse. Probably late C17, with extension dated 1797 and initialled G.T.M. on stone lintel. Red sandstone rubble walls; Welsh slate roof to original house on right, extension with stone-slate roof to left, coped gables and kneelers to each, yellow brick and C20 brick chimney stacks. Original house of 2 storeys, 3 bays, has sash windows with glazing bars to ground floor and single-pane sashes above, all with plain stone surrounds. Shutter hinge brackets to ground floor. Entrance was probably to rear and is now covered by C19 extension, but east gable retaining its rear kneeler and gives the width of the original house. Extension of 2 storeys, 2 bays, has 4-panel door with plain stone surround and inscribed and dated lintel in oval panel. One small Yorkshire sash above entrance, other windows are single-pane sashes. C18 barn to right has lower roof line, slit vents and one central ground floor mullioned window, now filled, which is probably from the original house.

placename:- Broomhill
district:- Carlisle
listed building -- barn
coordinates:- NY48486620
date:- 2010
period:- 2010s

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