Description

SCARISBRICK MOORFIELD LANE
SD 41 SW
9/32 No.54 (Hill Farmhouse)
(formerly listed as "No.54
(Farmhouse at west end of
Moorfield Lane"))
11.10.1968
- II

Farmhouse, now house. Dated 1650 in gable of wing; altered. Coursed
squared sandstone with quoins, stone slate roof. T-plan: 2-bay wing on
east-west axis, with a single-bay main range on the north side (probably
replacing an earlier hallrange). Two storeys; the gable of the wing has on
each floor a recessed 3-light casement with deeply chamfered reveal,
(probably formerly stone-mullioned), near the apex a datestone with incised
lettering O S O (the "O" letters in the top line each trailing a double
H R
R 1650 M
tail); the left return wall of the wing has a hoodmould to a blocked
opening into the front bay, a large external chimney stack to this bay,
finished with a modern brick chimney, and an inserted window to the rear
bay; the rear gable is painted white, has an inserted door and large glazed
porch at ground floor, and inserted windows in and beside an old window at
1st floor. The main range of graduated coursed masonry has at the front a
doorway abutting the wing, and one horizontal rectangular window on each
floor, both with surrounds like those in the wing but only slightly
recessed; and at the back a single-storey extension, and a gable chimney.
Interior: wing has stop-chamfered beams in both parts, a lateral partition
wall of brick at ground floor but timber-framed with wattle-and-daub panels
at 1st floor (concealed); kitchen (in main range) has a rectangular stone
fireplace (concealed). History: not known, but wing appears to be earlier
part, and its external chimney stack suggests a parlour fireplace in a
formerly larger house.

Listing NGR: SD4007211180

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26330739

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