Description

SE 0425
7/27

SOWERBY BRIDGE
BUTTS GREEN ROAD
(north side, off),
Luddenden Foot
West Royd

II

Farmhouse. Dated 1624. Thin coursed stone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys,
4 bays, 2 through-passages. Quoins, Doorway between bays 3 and 4: quoined,
chamfered, moulded surround; lintel has sunk spandrels initialled 'MM' and
sunk panel with date; C20 part-glazed door. And doorway, in bay 2: chamfered
quoined surround with deep Tudor-arched lintel initialled 'MM'. Windows
are double-chamfered mullioned, those to ground floor originally with transom.
Ground floor windows: bay 1 - 6-light with king mullion; bay 3 - 2-light
firewindow, 6-light, both with mullions and transoms removed. Continuous
dripmould over ground - floor openings, to left 2 bays with circle stop on
left and raised over door, to right 2 bays with elaborate stops and double
spiral over door. 1st floor, from left to right: two 4-light windows (one
mullion removed from left window) each under hoodmould with elaborate diamond
stops; two 6-light windows (each with 3 mullions removed). Gable coping.
Corniced stacks to ends and one to ridge between bays 2 and 3. Rear: left-hand
(upper) through-passage doorway in added porch has later jambs and chamfered
ogee lintel. Right-hand through-passage doorway, now blocked, is quoined
and has cyma-moulded arris and shaped lintel. 1st floor: two 2-light windows
a 3-light window and a blocked 3-light window under hoodmould with decorative
stops. The rear right-hand doorway is a later C17 type and may suggest
that the western portion is an addition, giving an original 2-cell, through-
passage plan which is common in this area.

Listing NGR: SE0459825185

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26478963

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings