Description

SOWERBY BRIDGE SOWERBY LANE
SE 0224 & SE 0324
(east side),
8/227 Luddenden Foot
Nos 1 and 2, The
4.12.85 Old Farmhouse and
High Lee Farmhouse,
High Lee
- II

House now 3 dwellings. lst ¼ C17 (listed in Glebe list of 1626) with much-
rebuilding in the late C18. Coursed stone, stone slate roof. Probably
a hall with cross-wings; through passage. 2 storeys, 3 bays. South front:
bay 1: a 3-light flat-faced mullion window with 2-light window above. Straight
joint between bays 1 and 2, bay 2 possibly rebuilt forward of original wall
lien. Bay 2: doorway with deep chamfered lintel to right of 7-light double-
chamfered mullion window, the mullions hollow chamfered; a 2-light and a
1-light flat-faced mullion window above. Bay 3: quoins; a C19 door on right;
to its left a 2-light and a 3-light window with a 3-light window above,
all with hollow-chamfered surrounds and mullions removed. Coping to left.
3 ridge stacks with chamfered capstones. Rear: left bay has a 4-light,
now 2-light, chamfered mullion window with 3-light window above. Central
bay (separated by straight joint) has a door with chamfer to lintel and
quoined left jamb; to its right a 2-light chamfered mullion window. Right
bay breaks forward and is gabled with stack at rear. In its left return
are a chamfered mullion window now with modern window and a 3-light window
to left above (mullions removed). Right return: a 3-light chamfered window
(mullions removed). Interior of central bay (The Old Farmhouse): through-
passage has inner Tudor-arched doorway and chamfered stone course above
the left-hand cross-wall. Housebody has stone fireplace with deep lintel,
reused chamfered spine beams and wide lst-floor floorboards. Barrel-vaulted
cellar under rear room, probably C18, has 3-light window, outer lights blind,
mullions with a rebate to take shutters. Roof has heavy-scantling purlins.

Listing NGR: SE0322424800

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26427855

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