Description

SADDLEWORTH SLACK GATE LANE
SD 90 NE (west side)
3/282 Delph Slack
Farmhouse and
- adjoining barn
G.V. II
Farmhouse,now 3 cottages, and barn. "1745 RWAW" (Robert and
Ann Whitehead) on door lintel but with later additions and
alterations. Hammer-dressed watershot stone with graduated
stone slate roof. Single-depth range totalling 5 bays and 2
storeys with barn to left and later range added to rear. Bay
1 has a door to left (now window) with dressed surround, a
4-light recessed flat-faced ground floor mullion window and
a 7-light on the first floor. Bays 2, 3 and 4 constitute the
earlier part,bay 2 having altered window openings with C20
casements whereas bays 3 and 4 have 4 and 2-light double-
chamfered cavetto-moulded mullion ground floor windows, a
similar 3-light on the first floor and later 3 and 2-light
windows. Bay 5 has a 2 and 3-light window. The former gable
entrance with dated lintel is obscured by an C18 addition.
Ridge chimney stacks. 3, 4 and 7-light recessed flat-faced
mullion windows to rear. Cart entry and shippon door to
barn.

Listing NGR: SD9784409516

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26320902

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)