| Description | This early 17th century farmhouse with 18th and 20th century alterations is now three cottages (English Heritage, 1976). It is built of coursed gritstone rubble with quoins, and has stone slate roofs. It is two storeys high. The main range, Nos. 2 and 3, is four windows wide with a continuous outshut to the rear. There is a gabled wing to the left, with the entrance to No. 3 in the lean to on the left return. This entrance has a re cut and reset lintel with a keystone that is inscribed ‘A(nn)o D(omin)i’ with the date ’16…35’. There is a weathered ram’s head terminal set above the keystone. The interior of the building is reputed to retain 18th century stairs with a moulded rail, string and turned balusters, a fireplace with a large cambered arch, chamfered ceiling beams, and an early carved stone head set into the wall in the entrance hall.
(Text edited from English Heritage LBO description). |