Description | Stannery End (farm, barn and cottages), Sowerby. 'House, initialled and dated 'R 1 6 2 9 G'. 3 room, through passage plan. 2 storey front with single storey aisle to rear with attached 2 storey kitchen wing. 1st cell has chamfered mullioned windows of 2 lights and 3 lights with 4 light window over. Doorway with Tudor arched lintel bears date set within a tressure, composite jambs, chamfered surround. Corbel carries stone slab over door with 2 light window over. 6 light double chamfered mullioned window to housebody with 5 light window over. 5 light parlour window with 4 light window over. Drip course continues over ground floor windows with heart shaped stops. Coped gables with kneelers. 3 stacks to ridge, one backing onto through passage. Right hand return wall has 2 light window with same over. Inserted doorway with monolithic jambs. Rear has 3 chamfered mullioned windows of 2 lights to outshut. Kitchen wing breaks forward, has 4 light chamfered window with same over lacking mullions. Doorway with depressed arch and stop chamfered surround. 2 windows formerly of 2 lights. Interior: Door into service room has basket arched lintel leading out of through passage. Doorway into kitchen has pointed arched doorway leading out of housebody (Stell, C.F. 1960. 'Vernacular Architecture in a Pennine Community'. Pages 80 82, 277 287)'. (English Heritage listed building description. Date listed 21/06/1984. http://list.english heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1230323. Web site accessed 03/12/2013). |