Description

HORSFORTH NEW ROAD SIDE
SE 23 NW
LS18 (south side, off)
8/142 Nos. 1 and 2,
- Low Fold
- II

Farmhouse, now 2 dwellings. C17, enlarged and altered. Coursed squared
sandstone with quoins, stone slate roof. L-shaped plan formed by 3-unit
range on north-south axis with early addition to west side of south end.
Two storeys; chamfered plinth; east front has inserted doorway (to No. 1) at
junction of 2nd and 3rd units, a deeply-recessed 4-light chamfered mullion
window to each side of this, both lacking the 1st and 3rd mullions; an
irregular joint in the masonry to the left (perhaps the postion of a former
doorway); a C19 window to the 1st unit and 3 similar windows at 1st floor.
Left return wall (No. 2), in 2 builds; the right-hand half has a recessed
mullioned window on each floor, like those to No. 1 but of 5 lights lacking
the 1st and 4th mullions, and both under hoodmoulds with double-returned
ends; a shall sundial between these windows; in the centre, an inserted
doorway, and to the left of this a double-chamfered mullioned window of
6 lights (lacking the 1st, 3rd and 5th mullions), and a formerly 4-light
window above (altered). Roof hipped at the angle, with a corniced chimney at
the junction, and chimneys at both gables.

Interior: No.2 has in the right-hand room a beam with deep chamfer and cyma
stops; No.1 has one beam in each room, with smaller chamfer and stops.

Listing NGR: SE2321637525

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26533059

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (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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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)