Hi Murray I originate from Skelton near Goole and remember my father talking about 'Billy' Hairsine in the 1950s/1960s. Any relation? I probably met him but, you know what it's like when you're a kid, you don't pay attention, so I've no anecdotes I'm afraid! There is an old photo of the Broomfleet house on the Howdenshire History website (a real goldmine), http://www.howdenshirehistory.co.uk/photos/towns-villages-old-photos-ab.php? pageNum_a_b=5&totalRows_a_b=63#imagestart but unfortunately a lot of the building seems to be covered in ivy. You can purchase a copy. The property - OK, based on the Streetview images, here goes. In its current form the house is a fine example of what not to do to a perfectly plain, unassuming house that used to sit quite well within its village context. The right hand quoins were lost when they extended into the barn, unbalancing the house and leaving a brick 'zip fastener'. If they had stepped the new brickwork back a half brick thickness, as the original builders did on each side of the adjacent tower, it would have been better. The original building was built using the old 2 inch high brick with a pale coloured mortar. Reclaimed 2 inch bricks have been used for the new section on the right (looks like reds and harder yellows, possibly 'gaults', which don't match) in a haphazard 'artistic' way but they have struggled a bit for a few courses immediately beneath the gutter and over the first floor window heads because they used 3 inch bricks, which do not course with 2 inch ones. You can see the misaligned mortar beds and thin brick slivver infills here and there abutting the original house. The original windows have been replaced with crude timber 'look-alikes', one with a flat 'arch' (and they didn't even bother to put in a window cill). One original sash window appears to have survived (bottom right). The remaining windows further to the right are fat-framed upvc with false glazing bars between the double glazing units that fool no one. The new porch looks like a child's sentry box and replaces a wider one that was probably better proportioned judging by the marks of it left on the wall. The original building may not have had a porch at all, just timber pilasters each side of the door and a small canopy projecting about 6-8 inches (15-20 cm). The original orangey-red pantiles have been replaced by what was, when new, an angry red concrete replica. It's all in the 'best possible taste' as the late Kenny Everett used to say. People think they are improving these places. It's been going on for well over 40 years in the East Riding. Originally it was the 'Magnet Joinery' type bow windows made with poor quality softwood and small panes of glass and that were so fiddly that nobody got around to repainting the glazing bars (that's probably what happened to the lower left hand window). Most of them are now garden mulch, making way for upvc. The gable parapets and kneelers (projecting stones at the base of each gable) are a real local detail and have survived. Many local brickwork details can also be see in Belgium and the Netherlands, where building in brick generally predates this part of England, as Flemish bricklayers travelled back and forth across the North Sea for work and influenced the local brickies. Looking on the bright side, there have always been people around the area who have done sensitive renovations. Good enough that you would hardly notice them. Dave Bullement, a joiner and funeral director (sadly now retired), did some beautiful work in Howden, including some quite ornate, historically correct shop fronts - you really couldn't tell they were new. I'm not suggesting that everything should be 'olde worlde', since I personally prefer modern, just that these undervalued vernacular buildings should get a bit more respect. Pevsner's architectural guide barely mentions Broomfleet. There are Ordnance Survey maps on the Vision of Britain site. Cheers Geoff Blyth -----Original Message----- From: yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of mhhr via Sent: 11 April 2016 04:12 To: Rootsweb ERY; Rootsweb Yorkshire Cc: Bob & Pat Hairsine Subject: [YORKSGEN] Broomfleet Property. Pigeoncote Farm The link below is to an image of Pigeoncote Farm(House) located in Main St, Broomfleet, almost opposite Carr Lane. It would appear by the brickwork that the house has grown over the years, possibly in four stages. I believe my ancestors Isaac & Frances (Tindle) HAIRSINE owned the property. The family is shown on the 1871 (minus Frances as she died in the previous year) census as farming 220 acres. Both are buried in St Mary's graveyard. Appreciate any help to confirm the above and the general history of the property. www.google.co.nz/maps/@53.733208,-0.6673268,3a,75y,206.23h,88.71t/data=!3m6! 1e1!3m4!1sGFKZLoypCHQDUuOMiY5XDQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Thanks Murray Reid NZ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message