Description

SD 92NW TODMORDEN (former M.B.) BLUE BELL LANE
SD 918266

2/38 Hartley Royd Farmhouse

22.11.66

G.V. II

House, early C17 with addition to west early C19. Large dressed stone to main
range, stone slate roof. Original house has 3-room south front. Double pile on
plan under single span roof. 2 storeys. Plinth. All are double chamfered
mullioned windows. Continuous drip course over ground floor windows. 8-light
housebody window (with king mullion), with 6-light window over with king
mullion. To right, 6-light window with same over, both with king mullion. To
left 4-light window with same over. Some mullions removed and some blocked
lights. 3 large moulded gutter brackets match kneeler to coped gable at right
hand end. Left hand end partly covered by extension which breaks forward and
has 3-light flat faced mullioned window. Left hand return wall has half gable
which is coped with kneeler and single square light with same over. Doorway
under lean to of return wall of extension. Western gable of main range has
double chamfered mullioned windows of 2 lights to ground floor and 2 of 3 lights
to lst floor. Apex stone has carved ball to face, lacks finial. Rear has
weathered plinth and windows of 3 lights and 2 of 2 lights to ground floor which
has original door entry with composite jambs and depressed Tudor-arched lintel
with moulded surround and sunken spandrels (now forms window). Over door is
recess with chamfered surround for tablet which reads:
" John
Fielden et
Elizabeth
Uxor ejus
Ann: Dom. 1724 "
A 2-light and a 4-light window to 1st floor. 2 gutter brackets. Return wall
has extruded stack with many offsets and mullioned and transomed window of 10
lights to 1st floor. One other large stack to ridge. One rear room preserves
large basket arched fireplace with stop moulded surround in which is beehive
oven stop chamfered spine beams and reeded joists. R. Heape, Inscribed and
Dated Stones and Sundials in and adjoining the Ancient Parish of Rochdale,
(Cambridge, 1926), p.103.

Listing NGR: SD9188626614

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26426735

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)