Description

SE 15 NW THRUSCROSS WHIT MOOR ROAD
SE 1341 5831 (west side, off)
Bramley Head
12/172 Dukes Hill Cottage
20.4.79

- II

House and barn. Dated 1765. For Stephen Hudson. Coursed squared gritstone
and ashlar, graduated stone slate roof. Direct-entry plan, 2-storey, 2-bay
main range with rear outshut, added bay to right; barn to left of 4 bays.
Main range: ashlar plinth, sill bands and rusticated quoins. Central 4-
panel door in eared architrave with pulvinated frieze and corniced pediment
with inscription on plaque above: 'Stephen Hudson / built / this house /
1765'. Venetian-style windows with keyed ashlar surrounds, both floors;
original glazing bars survive in part. Stone gutter brackets; corniced end
stacks, that to left external. Added bay: board door left; a stepped 3-
light flat-faced mullion window to each floor on right; shaped kneeler and
gable coping right. Barn: cart entrance to bay 2 with quoined surround and
shallow segmental arch. Byre doors left and right: quoined jambs and deep
lintels. Shaped kneeler and gable coping left. Interior, main range:
direct entry into kitchen which has fireplace with large stone surround and
keystone with fluted decoration. Right: parlour with small fireplace in
moulded stone surround with cornice. Rear: left: small room with large
blocked fireplace against rear wall, possibly the remains of a pre-1765
building; centre: stone stairs boxed in wood; right: small room with stone
shelf in rear outshut. Upper floor: left: small fireplace with corniced
mantelshelf; unheated room to right. Derelict at time of resurvey.

Listing NGR: SE1341258310

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26543639

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)