Description

SE 32 NE ROTHWELL CALVERLEY ROAD
LS26 (south side)
Oulton

6/73 Nos. 16 and 18
5th June 1964 (Ivy Cottage and
Croft House)
(formerly listed as No 18
"Croft House and
Croft Cottage")

II

Pair of houses, now one dwelling. Dated 1699 (No. 16) and 1688 (No. 18) over
doors; altered. Coursed sandstone rubble with quoins, stone slate roof with
brick chimneys. Rectangular plan, each of 2 units. Two storeys.
No. 18 (Croft House), on the left, has quoins at the junction , a chamfered
Tudor-arched doorway offset left of centre, with lintel inscribed " JR
1688"
a blocked doorway at 1st floor over this, and to the right, close to the
junction, a blocked single-light firewindow with chamfered surround, and
remains of another at ground floor below; all other openings at the front
altered. No. 16 (Ivy Cottage), on the right, has at its left end, close to
the junction, a gabled single-storey porch with chamfered Tudor-arched
doorway, a large datestone above inscribed " HC
1699"
and gable coping with large kneelers; to the right at 1st floor a blocked
4-light window with recessed chamfered mullions; all other openings at the
front altered. At the rear No. 18, the earlier part, has the left jamb and
head of a former window, perhaps transomed; junction marked by quoins at
1st floor of No. 18 and a ragged joint overlapping from No. 16 at ground
floor; otherwise, all features altered or enlarged.

Interior; housepart of No. 18 has one axial beam with cyma-stopped chamfer,
and a large stone fireplace with flat-arched chamfered surround, probably an
early replacement for the inglenook suggested by the firewindow; No. 16 has
a primitive stone fireplace with bressumer of light scantling; and 2
chamfered beams with run-out stops.

Listing NGR: SE3616128276

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26479858

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
• 
  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas