Description

PRESTON

SD53SE BROCKHOLES BROW (OFF)
941-1/2/33 (North side)
27/09/79 Lower Brockholes Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse. Dated 1634 on porch, but part possibly earlier;
enlarged and altered. White-painted pebble-dash on brick, with
rendered dressings painted black, and slate roof. L-plan
formed by 3-unit main range with projecting porch, and
crosswing to right which projects to rear and is slightly
overlapped by main range (and therefore probably earlier). All
2 storeys, the main range 3 bays, symmetrical, and the wing
one wide gabled bay, lower. The main range has a central
2-storey gabled porch which has a segmental-pointed outer
doorway with large imposts, a shallower and wider inner
doorway, a floating label above the outer doorway and a
moulded carved plaque above this (much eroded) with a crested
shield-of-arms and the date 1634, and a 2-light casement at
1st floor with raised segmental-headed surround; a small
canted bay window to the left, with 4 cusped lights, a square
3-light casement to the right with raised surround, and 2
similar windows at 1st floor. Chimney at left gable. The wing
has a low wide 5-light casement on each floor, the lower with
modern joinery, a doorway to the right (under carried-down
roof), and a small square window above this. Rear: main range
has (inter alia) a shallow projection in the centre, with a
C14-style sandstone mullioned window of 2 cusped lights and a
quatrefoil; wing has modern 3-light casements with rendered
labels, and a small 2-light stairwindow on each floor to the
right.
INTERIOR: large chamfered beams on both floors of both parts;
otherwise, altered.

Listing NGR: SD5758030290

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26580839

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