Description

SE 0421 & SE 0521
18/116

SOWERBY BRIDGE
LONGLEY LANE (south side) , Longley
Longley Farmhouse

GV
II

Farmhouse now house. C17 origins much altered and added to C18, probably c1735
(datestone). Coursed squared stone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys, 2 bays with
bay added to left. South front: quoins to left of left bays. Openings have plain
stone surrounds, windows with flat-faced mullions. Left bay: inserted French window
with 4-light window above; shaped gutter brackets; shaped kneeler and end stack
(renewed c1985) to left end. Main house: on left, later doorway in C20 part-glazed
porch with a decorative date plaque above it reading "IH/1734" (ivy covered).
To right of door a 2-light window on each floor and to far right an inserted French
window with 2-light window above. Shaped kneeler to right gable. End stacks.
Interior: housebody has chamfered basket-arched stone fireplace with deep lintel
and cornice, and chamfered spine beam. A king-post roof truss with large-scantling
tie beam and later struts; re-used large-scantling purlins. RCHM(E) report (31461).

Listing NGR: SE0495721920

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26427898

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Recommended Books

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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)