| Description | Lower Purprise, Wadsworth. House built in the second half of the 17th century. Purprise has also been named Purprice and Purprize.
'House, 2nd half C17. Large dressed stone, stone slate roof. Copings with kneelers and diamond shaped finials to gables and porch. 2 storeys. 2 cells. All are double chamfered mullioned windows with hoodmoulds with straight returns to ground floor and chamfered mullioned to 1st floor. Fine porch has basket arched doorway with chamfered surround and 2 light window to apex of gable. Inner door has straight lintel and chamfered surround. 6 light window, 4 light window over; 5 light window. Left hand return wall has 5 light window (lacking a mullion) and 2 light chamfered mullioned window. Rainwater spout in former valley to rear wing now demolished. Right hand return wall has 4 light window (blocked) and 3 light window with arched lights, sunken spandrels and cavetto moulded mullions.
Interior: Segmental arched fireplace with cyma moulded surround and shelf. Stop chamfered spine beams. Doorway in south wall to demolished wing has straight lintel and chamfered surround (Stell, C.F. 1960. 'Vernacular Architecture in a Pennine Community'. Pages 153, 154 and 290).
(English Heritage listed building description. Date listed 01/11/1966. Date amended 12/12/1984. http://list.english heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1265382. Web site accessed 06/11/2013).
WYAAS archives holds copies of manuscripts [photo copies and transcriptions] relating to settlement at Purprise. These comprise five deeds relating to Purprise property dated 1599, 1626, 1632, 1656 and 1670 and an 18th century property map which depicts Purprise as a two storey double gabled property. The map also depicts five other single gabled houses and field boundaries in the vicinity. The two gables possibly relate to Lower Purprise (described above) and a late 17th century addition attached to the rear of Lower Purprise which is now a separate dwelling and is treated as a separate record (see PRN 12919). |