Description

SE 15 NW THRUSCROSS WHIT MOOR ROAD SE 1341 5831 (west side, off) Bramley Head 12/172 Dukes Hill Cottage 20.4.79

- II

House and barn. Dated 1765. For Stephen Hudson. Coursed squared gritstone and ashlar, graduated stone slate roof. Direct-entry plan, 2-storey, 2-bay main range with rear outshut, added bay to right; barn to left of 4 bays. Main range: ashlar plinth, sill bands and rusticated quoins. Central 4- panel door in eared architrave with pulvinated frieze and corniced pediment with inscription on plaque above: 'Stephen Hudson / built / this house / 1765'. Venetian-style windows with keyed ashlar surrounds, both floors; original glazing bars survive in part. Stone gutter brackets; corniced end stacks, that to left external. Added bay: board door left; a stepped 3- light flat-faced mullion window to each floor on right; shaped kneeler and gable coping right. Barn: cart entrance to bay 2 with quoined surround and shallow segmental arch. Byre doors left and right: quoined jambs and deep lintels. Shaped kneeler and gable coping left. Interior, main range: direct entry into kitchen which has fireplace with large stone surround and keystone with fluted decoration. Right: parlour with small fireplace in moulded stone surround with cornice. Rear: left: small room with large blocked fireplace against rear wall, possibly the remains of a pre-1765 building; centre: stone stairs boxed in wood; right: small room with stone shelf in rear outshut. Upper floor: left: small fireplace with corniced mantelshelf; unheated room to right. Derelict at time of resurvey.

Listing NGR: SE1341258310

External Links

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