Description

BURNLEY

SD83SW HOWORTH ROAD, Burnley Wood
906-1/3/167 (West side)
29/09/77 Howorth Fold Poultry Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse, now house. Dated 1748 at 1st floor; altered.
Coursed sandstone rubble with large quoins, stone slate roof.
Double-depth double-fronted plan.
2 storeys and 2 windows, almost symmetrical; with a central
doorway which has a moulded architrave (now containing a C20
wooden doorcase); coupled mullioned windows of 3+3 lights on
each floor to the left, with square-cut flush mullions, and
one 3-light window on each floor to the right, probably
formerly with similar mullions but now containing C20
casements, and all these windows with run-out sills and
lintels; and in the centre of the 1st floor a large square
carved plaque mounted on moulded brackets, with an
egg-and-dart surround, a central urn with a male mask above
and a female mask below, and raised lettering:
I I/ C I/ 1748
Moulded stone gutter brackets, moulded kneelers, and corniced
gable chimneys. Rear and INTERIOR not inspected.
Forms group with Lower Howorth Fold Farmhouse to the south
(qv).

Listing NGR: SD8413231308

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26537426

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey