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Scowcroft Farmhouse

A Grade II Listed Building in North Middleton, Rochdale

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.5552 / 53°33'18"N

Longitude: -2.1723 / 2°10'20"W

OS Eastings: 388682

OS Northings: 406526

OS Grid: SD886065

Mapcode National: GBR FW8B.H8

Mapcode Global: WHB93.LWSV

Plus Code: 9C5VHR4H+33

Entry Name: Scowcroft Farmhouse

Listing Date: 23 March 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1068467

English Heritage Legacy ID: 213466

ID on this website: 101068467

Location: Mills Hill, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, M24

County: Rochdale

Electoral Ward/Division: North Middleton

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Middleton (Rochdale)

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester

Church of England Parish: Middleton St Leonard

Church of England Diocese: Manchester

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Description


MIDDLETON SCOWCROFT LANE SD 80 NE (north side) 2/26 Scowcroft - Farmhouse - II Farmhouse. C16 or C17 timber-framed house which has been successively altered and rebuilt in later centuries. The walls of the original timber-framed structure are all either rendered or rebuilt in brick. Graduated stone slate and C20 tile roof. H-shaped 2-storey plan with wing to rear. Gabled crosswings project to left and right, the former being partly rebuilt in C20 brick. Central gabled porch. 3 or 4 C20 casement windows on each floor. Brick ridge chimney stack. Similar windows to rear. Interior: most of the roof structure, a considerable amount of the floor structure and some of the original timber framing remains intact. The floor beams may have been inserted into an open hall in the late C16. Tie-beam trusses have inclined struts and show evidence through mortice holes of the form of the timber framed structure. The extent of the framework buried in the walls in unknown although the principals are clearly visible. Early C18 dogleg staircase with deep rail and turned balusters. Panelled doors.

Listing NGR: SD8868206526

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