Description

SD 90 SE MOSSLEY QUICKWOOD

1/123 Nos. 3, 5
(Manor House)
4 and 6
(formerly listed
under Roughtown
Road) and
22.11.66 garden wall

G.V. II

4 houses, formerly the Manor House with 2 cottages at rear.
Late C17, extended to the rear in C19. Hammer-dressed stone
with graduated stone slate roof. 3 bays, 3 storey with a
central entrance. Both front and rear are twin-gabled but
the rear was extended in C19 to create Nos. 4 and 6.
Imposing symmetrical facade the central door having a
rusticated and pedimented 'surround. Rusticated quoins. Two
4-light ground floor windows, two 4 and a 2-light on first
floor and two 3 and a 2-light on second floor. All have
double-chamfered stone mullions. The gables have been
heightened to accommodate a pediment (similar to that over
the door) above the central window, and each has a blocked
ashlar-dressed circular opening. The adjoining garden wall
completes the composition and includes a rusticated pier.
Footbridges at the rear give access to Nos. 4 and 6 which
have both flat-faced mullion windows and others with stone
lintels and sills. A. Holt. Story of Mossley, 1926.

Listing NGR: SD9757002938

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26320811

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Recommended Books

• 
  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)