Description

SD 51 NE
5/12

CHARNOCK RICHARD,
BACK LANE,
Bolton Green Farmhouse

17.4.1967

GV II*

House, dated 1612 (1611 inside), possibly with some later alterations.
Coursed rubble of thin red sandstone with plinth and large quoins, slate
roof with one chimney on the ridge, one at the gable of the rear extension
(and a modern chimney at front left corner). Roughly cruciform plan, the
3-bay baffle-entry house having a porch to front and a kitchen extension
to rear of main chimney stack; 1st bay continued to rear as outshut
containing stairs. Two storeys; wide 2-storey gabled porch at junction
of 2nd and 3rd bays, doorway with moulded jambs and moulded Tudor-arch
lintel offset to right, a 3-light window on the left and another above
which has a stepped hoodmould enclosing a datestone lettered in relief
RLML
1612
There are 17 chamfered stone mullion windows (mostly with hoodmoulds) of
uniform pattern which may be of later date; those in front wall left of the
porch are of 5 and 6 lights on both floors (the latter formed of 2 groups
of 3), and 4 lights to the right. Adjoining rear of kitchen extension,
and lower, is a former stable with loft approached by external steps at
right angles to the gable.

Interior: inglenook with stone heck and moulded bressummer; ¼ round moulded
beams throughout and timber framed flat floor partitions; fine dogleg
staircase of late C17 type with gates at the foot, triple stage balustered
screen at the landing, and foliated plaster decoration on beams above the
well; upper room in 3rd bay has stone fireplace with Tudor-arched lintel
lettered 1611 RLML IB +

Listing NGR: SD5514817751

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17531026

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)