CROSSMERE HILL FARM


Description:  The site consists of a farmhouse and outbuildings, including an L-plan barn with a granary over, waggon sheds, a pigeoncote, piggeries and other buildings forming double fold yards. The farmhouse is L-shaped in plan and is of two storeys, with two cells to the front range and a kitchen with a men's sleeping room over in the back range. The buildings are of brick, laid in English garden wall bond, and parts of the house are rendered. The roofs are of hand-made clay pantiles. The house, which was originally linear, barns and pigeoncote were built in the late 18th century. The house was partly rebuilt in the early 19th century, the back kitchen and men's room were added at this time. The pigeoncote was added to at the northeast end to form possible piggeries, the barn with a granary over and some shelter sheds were also built at this time. The wagon shed, with a granary over, and shelter sheds were built in the mid 19th century, and further alterations to the house were carried out. Open sheds were added to the mid 19th century waggon sheds, forming a catslide roof, in the 1860s, there were also further addions to the piggeries and possible alterations to the house. In the late 19th century there were further alterations to the house, open sheds were added to the early 19th century barn and additions to the piggeries were made. In the 20th century the shelter sheds were rebuilt, modern aggricultural buildings including a silo were added and parts of the house were rendered.

Country:  ENGLAND

County:  HUMBERSIDE

District:  EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE

Parish:  ALDBROUGH

Grid Reference:   TA24953751

Map Reference:  [EPSG:27700] 524950, 437510

Period:  MODERN, POST MEDIEVAL, 1767 - 1799, 1800 - 1832, 1833 - 1866, 1860 - 1869, 1867 - 1899, 1900 - 1999

Subject:  AGRICULTURAL BUILDING, BARN, DOVECOTE, EXTANT BUILDING, FARMHOUSE, FARMYARD, GRANARY, PIGGERY, SHED, SHELTER SHED, SILO, STRUCTURE, WAGON SHED

Identifiers: 
[ADS] Depositor Id: TA 23 NW 35
[ADS] Import RCN: NMR_NATINV-1362765

People Involved: 
[Publisher] Historic England