Description

CROSTON MEADOW LANE
SD 41 NE
8/82 Bridge End Farmhouse
-
- II

Farmhouse. Probably later C17, altered and enlarged. Roughcast handmade
brick on stone plinth, roofs of slates and red tiles (rear wing). Two-bay
end-baffle-entry plan, altered, with added rear wing making T-plan. Two
storeys; 1st floor band carried round the whole; now symmetrical facade
with narrow central door (insertion), and 2 small casements on each floor;
chimney at right gable, and corner chimney at left end. Right gable wall
has small sliding sash with small panes, which is a firewindow, and towards
the rear a blocked doorway now concealed by the roughcast. Rear has 2
storey wing now reduced to one bay, and an outshut to the 1st bay.
Interior: housepart in 2nd bay has a large inglenook fireplace with
bressummer chamfered on both sides and tongue-stopped on the back, a
lateral beam matching this, and former external door altered as a cupboard;
parlour in 1st bay has a beam like the other, and a cross-corner fireplace
(altered); at 1st floor a large roof truss with chamfered tie-beam and
angle struts visible.

Listing NGR: SD4642417957

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26328248

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