Description

SE 32 NE ROTHWELL CHURCH SIDE
LS26 (west side)
Methley

6/78 Church Side Farmhouse
5th June 1964 (formerly listed as
"Old Rose and Crown Inn")

GV II

Farmhouse, now house. Late C17 (but with rainwater head dated 1642, probably
ex situ and including some earlier fabric; altered, enlarged and recently
renovated. Sandstone rubble with quoins, stone slate roof. Double-pile plan
by later addition to rear. Two-and-a-half storeys; symmetrical facade of
3 bays with chamfered square-headed doorway in the centre, an inserted
16-pane sashed window above, and over this a lead rainwater head with raised
lettering " S "; double-chamfered 3-light stone mullioned windows on each
1642
IM
floor to the left and at 1st floor to the right, all with straight
drip-moulds over, and C18 triple window with square flush mullions to the
right of the door; breaking through the eaves, 2 very large gabled dormers
with 3-light mullioned windows, recently rebuilt. Gable coping with
kneelers, large external chimney stack at each gable; left gable wall has a
2-light window on each floor, right-hand gable has one at 1st floor, all like
those at front. Rear range, C19, of less interest.

Interior: 3 stop-chamfered beams; in each front room a rectangular fireplace
with chamfered surround, that in the left larger, and with small rectangular
recess to the right (perhaps former salt cupboard); rear wall of right-hand
room incorporates a chamfered doorway (blocked) to an earlier building.

Listing NGR: SE3901626659

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26599631

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Recommended Books

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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)