Description

LEEDS

SE24SW SMITHY LANE, Cookridge
714-1/1/643 (West side (off))
05/08/76 Stable, granary range, cottage and
attached archway east of Moseley
Farmhouse
(Formerly Listed as:
SMITHY LANE, Cookridge
Former cottage at Moseley Farm
immediately east of Farm House)

GV II

Stables or byres with granary/hayloft over, once converted to
cottage with added bay, and archway linking to single-aisled
barn. C17 farm range, S bay converted to cottage with taller
bay added late C19. Coursed gritstone rubble, stone slate and
grey slate roofs. Quoins.
2-storey, 3-bay C17 range has a chamfered doorway at each end
and 2 inserted or enlarged windows between, a sash left and
ventilated stable window right; 3 evenly-spaced single-light
windows to upper storey, with chamfered surrounds to left and
centre, the right window enlarged. On the right return a fine
stone stair to chamfered doorway with owl hole above; to right
of the stone steps a linking wall with chamfered doorway
opening onto the path down to Moseley Farmhouse (qv). Ridge
stack between bays 1 and 2, gable coping right and raised to
added bay roof on left. Rear: a 4-pane sash and small square
part-glazed window above right and a plate-glass sash to added
bay. 4-pane sashes in the S wall of the added bay.
INTERIOR: left end (cottage) only inspected; door opens into
foot of boxed-in stairs, living room/kitchen right with
cast-iron range and set pot surviving; cross-beam with deep
chamfer and joists exposed.
A rare survival of a C17 farm building, the C19 addition to
cottage at the S end is reputed to have taken place when the
bleach works' chimney was demolished (the base remains down
slope to west) and the stone was used for the end bay.

Listing NGR: SE2427840646

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26547608

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas