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Birchinley Hall Farmhouse

A Grade II Listed Building in Milnrow, Rochdale

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.6208 / 53°37'14"N

Longitude: -2.1068 / 2°6'24"W

OS Eastings: 393029

OS Northings: 413815

OS Grid: SD930138

Mapcode National: GBR FVQK.NR

Mapcode Global: WHB8Y.L8Y1

Plus Code: 9C5VJVCV+87

Entry Name: Birchinley Hall Farmhouse

Listing Date: 24 January 1967

Last Amended: 23 April 1986

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1334321

English Heritage Legacy ID: 439755

ID on this website: 101334321

Location: Little Clegg, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, OL16

County: Rochdale

Electoral Ward/Division: Milnrow and Newhey

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Milnrow

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester

Church of England Parish: Milnrow St James

Church of England Diocese: Manchester

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Description


SD 91 SW MILNROW WILD HOUSE LANE (east side) 3/117 24/1/67 Birchinley Hall Farmhouse (formerly listed as Birchinley Hall, - Wild Horse Lane)

G.V. II House. 1619 on door lintel. Hammer-dressed stone with graduated stone slate roof. 3-unit hearth-passage plan with 2 storeys. Bays 1 and 3 project at the front as gabled crosswings. Quoins. Slightly projecting porch in left crosswing has chamfered inner and outer door surrounds and seats. The outer doorway has an elliptical head the lintel having recessed spandrels and an inscription - "ACICI619RKACRB" (Alexander Collinge, Joan Collinge, Robert Kay, Alexander C. and Robert Butterworth). 4, 5 and 4-light double-chamfered cavetto-moulded mullion ground floor windows and 3, 3 and 4-light double-chamfered mullion first floor windows (as well as a window inserted in C20). Most windows have hoodmoulds. C20 ridge chimney stack. Similar 1, 2 and 3-light windows to sides and rear including a fire window and a stair light. Dressed chamfered door surround to rear end of cross passage. C20 addition to right return which formerly had a projecting chimney stack. Interior: Inglenook with chamfered bressumer beam on a spere post. Chamfered principal beams with stepped stops. Otherwise the floor and roof structures are c.1985. Fireplaces at ground and first floors with chamfered surrounds. It is possible that there was a second inglenook fireplace at the service end suggested by smoke blackening on wall and possible fire window. H. Fishwick, History of Rochdale, 1889.

Listing NGR: SD9302913815

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