Description

SD 92SE TODMORDEN (former M.B.) MANKINHOLES
(west side)

7/199 Pilkington Farmhouse
(formerly listed as
Pilkington's Farmhouse,
22.11.66 Mankinholes)

G.V. II

House. Late C16. Large well coursed dressed stone, stone slate roof. 2
storeys. 3-room, through-passage plan with rear kitchen wing. Double chamfered
mullioned windows with deep outer splay (unless otherwise stated). South front
has two 4-light windows both with arched lights with sunken spandrels
hoodmould carries over both. Over are two 4-light windows. Doorway with
projecting doorcase with monolithic jambs and lintel with cyma moulded cornice
which carries 2 pyramidal stones the right of which is engraved 'I'. Over a
3-light window which has deeply projecting hood carried on a rainwater spout to
left and large corbel to right. 3-light fire-window, 6-light housebody window
with arched lights with spandrels, hoodmould over with straight returns. Over
is 8-light window with simple chamfer of early C18 character over which is roof
raised 2 courses. Similar arched window of 3 lights with same over to outer
bay. Coped gables with early C18 moulded kneelers. 3 dressed stacks to ridge.
One backs on to through-passage. Rear has doorway with deeply chamfered
surround. Over a 2-light window with similar hood and rainwater spout to front.
Next to it another 2-light window. Other window in similar style inserted late
C20 in keeping. Wing breaks forward and has 6-light window with king mullion.
Stack to gable which has 6-light chamfered mullioned window of C18 character.
Added C20 wing forms 2-span roof with kitchen wing. Masons marks abound.
Letter 'W' to window heads of very similar style to Old Farm (q.v.) which is
close by.
Interior: Housebody retains large bressumer, finely stop chamfered spine beams
and intermediate beams form a coffered ceiling. Principal truss (not visible)
has re-used cruck blade as tie beam which is deeply curved to one end.
Originally the house appears to have been a single storey hall with a gabled
cross-wing flush with the main front. The hall was raised to 2 storeys, as a
clear break is discernible, some time in the early C18. The rear kitchen-wing
appears to be an original feature.

Listing NGR: SD9596823625

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26523481

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments