Description

SOWERBY BRIDGE BOOTH HOUSE ROAD
SE 0205-0325
(south side), Luddenden Foot
6/10 Hand Carr Farmhouse and Hand
Carr Farm
15.11.66
- II
Farmhouse, now 2 dwellings. Dated 'ESS 1640', roof raised later C17, C19 and C20
additions. 2 storeys, 4 bays with continuous front outshut and through passage,
C19 added bay to left (east) end. North front: main range: roof comes down low
over outshut. From left: C20 wing not of special interest; moulded doorway has
ogee-moulded, sunk-spandrelled lintel with date panel, hoodmould with floral stops
and internal porch with stone benches and inner stop-chamfered shallow-basket-arched
doorway; 2-light chamfered mullion window; similar window with mullion removed;
inserted doorway (replacing 2-light Window). Shaped kneeler to left. Skylight.
Corniced ashlar stack to right end and brick ridge stack above door. Converted
attached barn not of interest. Rear: from left: on ground floor a 5-light, a
6-light and a 2-light double-chamfered mullion window, a 3-light chamfered mullion
window and a chamfered quoined doorway in c1970 stone and glass porch, all under
continuous dripmould with heart-and-diamond stops. On first floor larger blocks
of stone above cill level and two 4-light and two 2-light, now 1-light chamfered
mullion windows. Added bay on right has plain gutter brackets and eaves stack on
right. Left return: the gable of the old house has a C20 window using the jambs
of a chamfered window, and a former chamfered window above. Interior: outshut
to right of porch has a chamfered wall post and wall plate; right end wall of
outshut has former floor into barn; house body has stop-chamfered spine beams with
splicing indicating presence of former bressumer and firehood, and a later tall
stone fireplace with chamfered ledge. Several of the external decorative features
and the initials on the datestone are the same as those at Upper Foot Farmhouse,
Burnley Road (qv).

Listing NGR: SE0308125191

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26427931

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (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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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)