Birtenshaw farmhouse
Introduction
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Birtenshaw farmhouse
Image: © philandju Taken: 17 Sep 2020
The house is boarded up and unoccupied. Whether it is scheduled for demolition or renovation I do not know. The house bears a datestone reading GBA 1891. This is probably George Binns Ashworth (1823-1905) who owned the adjacent Birtenshaw Hall and the farm's land.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.610943
Longitude
-2.414859