Description

SD 92NW TODMORDEN (former M.B.) BURNLEY ROAD (OFF)
(south side)

2/54 Scaitcliffe Hall

26.2.76

G.V. II

House, originally 1666 with added double-pile to rear under 2-span roof c.1738
with separate block c.1802, altered to form large rectangular house under hipped
roof c.1833, separate range connected to main house by an infill of 1835. Large
dressed stone to main range, slate roof, rear range watershot masonry, stone
slate roof. 2 storeys. South front retains stonework of 1666 to ground floor,
double chamfered mullioned windows which are lengthened with longer mullions.
3-room front of 4 bays. lst, 2nd and 4th bays all have mullioned windows of
5 lights to each floor with Gothic glazing. 3rd bay has added embattled porch
c.1833 with octagonal corner turrets with depressed Tudor arched doorway with
deep roll moulding and arrowslits in the return walls. Slightly obscured by
porch is date plaque engraved: ANTHAN
EYAND
NE.CROSLEY
1666
with 3-light window over. Roll moulded string course continues over ground
floor, and another over lst floor windows which is surmounted by deep parapet.
Right hand return wall c.1833 of large dressed stone. 2 bays of 5-light
mullioned windows to each floor with pointed arched niche set between. Attached
to left of south front is arbour with Tuscan columns, the entablature engraved '
JMC 1782'. Added to this colonnade is embattled octagonal tower c.1835 with
arrowslits to each face (solid). Left hand return wall has fenestration of
1738. Raised quoins, 2½ storeys, plinth. 3 bays of sashel windows with deeply
moulded architraves to each floor. The right hand bay altered to 1st floor has
window reduced c.1835 at mezzanine level. Breaking forward is original detached
building joined to main range by added bay with doorway dated 1833. Over is
window with chamfered surround. Quoins, 2-storey range with remains of 2 cross-
windows to 1st floor. Added to northern end is added bay c.1850 with rusticated
quoins and 1st floor taking-in door (blocked). East front of this range has flat
faced mullioned window of 10 wide irregular spaced lights, over similar windows
of 6 lights and 2 lights most with latticed glazing. 2 stacks to ridge. Rear
of main range has stair window with architrave and pointed lintel with Gothic
glazing with 3-light double chamfered mullioned window to left and former cross-
window to right, under which is leanto covering entrance doorway with cyma
moulded surround c.1738. 2 lateral stacks. 2 octagonal stacks to ridge.
Interior to rear range preserves original external door with inscribed lintel
'JSC 1802'. Illustrated in Corry: History of Lancashire, Vol. II (London
1825), p.654. C. Crossley: Descent and Alliances of Croslegh of Scaitcliffe.
(De la More Press, London 1904), p.29.

Listing NGR: SD9260525142

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26522000

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)