Description

SADDLEWORTH FUR LANE
SE 00 SW (North side)
6/101 Fur Lane House
-
- II
House and loom workshop. "GM1715" and "Giles Shaw Hannah
Shaw 1750" inscribed on stone and door lintel. Hammer-
dressed stone with graduated stone slate roof. Original 2-
bay single-depth house (1715) was extended to the right and
heightened in 1750 creating an L-shape. The angle was filled
in in the C19 and a C20 connecting passage gives access to a
formerly detached loom workshop and coachhouse. The 4-bay
2-storey elevation has stone quoins, a door in bay 3 with
ovolo-moulded surround, dated lintel and cornice and arched
side window; 3, 8 and 4-light ground floor windows and 3, 4,
2 and 4-light first floor windows all with double-chamfered
cavetto-moulded mullions. Coped gables with kneelers, shaped
eaves gutter brackets and 2 ridge chimney stacks. Patio
window to left gable. The loom workshop is of 2 storeys with
a coachhouse on the ground foor and 9-light workshop window
with leaded panes on the first floor.

Listing NGR: SE0019904729

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26320271

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