Description

SOWERBY BRIDGE WARLEY WOOD LANE
SE 0424 & SE 0524
(south side), Luddenden
9/290 Foot
Upper Long Bottom
Farmhouse and Tipper
Long Bottom Farm Cottage
GV II
Farmhouse now two dwellings. Probably mid Cl7, much altered late C18, subdivided
C19. Coursed squared stone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys, 3 bays with crosswing
on left and through-passage. East (garden) front: main range: between bays 1 and
2 a C20 glazed door with plain stone surround and in C20 gabled porch with reset
lintel dated "1 1641 L". Flanked by flat-faced mullion windows with plain stone
surrounds, of 4 lights on each floor to left and 5 lights to right. Bay 3 has
a 4-light double-chamfered mullion window flanked by single lights to ground floor
and a 5-light single-chamfered mullion window above, all lights round-arched and
with sunk spandrels. Moulded gutter brackets. Stack to left end and to ridge
between bays 2 and 3. Crosswing, breaking forward slightly: quoins to left. On
right, door with deep lintel and tiestones, converted to window. To 1st floor,
centre, a 2-light chamfered mullion window. Inturned kneelers and moulded coping
to gable. Rear: main range: on right, a C20 gabled porch flanked by 4-light flat-
faced mullion windows with a similar 5-light and 2-light window above. On left,
a plain-stone-surround doorway with window to left on each floor. Later C19
addition projects on left. Plain gutter brackets. Crosswing, projecting: a 2-light
chamfered mullion window to ground floor left; a similar window to 1st floor,
centre, with inserted 2-light window on its left. Left return (crosswing): Cl9
doorways at either end. On ground floor, chamfered mullion windows with mason's
marks of 3, 2 and 3 lights, the latter with an inserted C19 2-light window to its
left. On 1st floor, 2 square lights. Interior of crosswing: stone partition wall
surmounted by wattle and daub wall in roof space. Two king-post roof trusses with
V-struts, the tiebeam of one chamfered and the other cambered.

Listing NGR: SE0434724326

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26427795

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  For the Record