Description

SD 92SW TODMORDEN (former M.B.) LUMBUTTS ROAD (OFF) SD 949234 (north side)

5/184 Croft Farmhouse and attached barn

22.11.66

G.V. II

House, probably late C16 with late C20 alterations and attached barn, mid C17. Large dressed stone, stone slate roof, slate roof to barn. 1½ storeys. 3-room, through-passage plan. Originally may have been single storey with open hall. Reads: altered service end, window with slight chamfer and scars of mullions, (now door) possibly of 5 lights. Doorway of C19 character with monolithic jambs. 3-light chamfered fire-window (lacks mullions); double chamfered housebody window with deep splay has hoodmould with straight returns, originally of 5 round headed lights (provisional list, and photograph of house) now altered to large window. Over is chamfered window formerly of 3 lights. 3-light parlour window altered to form large light. Right hand return wall has former 3-light window to ground floor and 4-light chamfered window to attic. Coped gable with kneelers, off centre stack. 2 other stacks to ridge. Barn attached to left hand end of single aisled construction and 4 bays has coped gables with kneelers. Single cart entry to rear. Outshut, C19, to rear of house has altered through-passage doorway with long lintel and monolithic jambs. To either side small chamfered lights (one blocked). A 2-light chamfered window under eaves. Interior: Roof purlins have fine stop chamfer. Single truss (not visible) has very deep tie-beam. Formerly a fine early stone house, much abused with altered windows in recent years.

Listing NGR: SD9495923438

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)