Description

SE 32 NE ROTHWELL CALVERLEY ROAD
LS26 (north side)
Oulton

6/70 Nos. 4 and 5
5th June 1964 Bentley Square
(No. 5 formerly listed
as Bentley Cottage)

II

Farmhouse, now two dwellings. C17 or earlier; altered. Stone with roughcast
render, stone slate roof. L-plan: linear 3-unit range with rear outshut
(No.4) with receding wing at right-hand end (No. 5). Two storeys; 1st unit
(left end of No.4) formerly byre, altered and incorporated in house;
remainder has C20 bay windows at ground floor and door between, all under
mono-pitched stone slate roof; blocked window above door, and C20 casements
at 1st floor; stone copings to left gable, ridge chimney and 2 other
chimneys behind ridge. Wing (No.5) has stone gable coping with kneelers, a
large C20 casement on each floor of the gable end and similar casement in the
2-bay return wall, a door at the junction of the bays; 2 ridge chimneys.
(Modern addition to the rear not included in the item).

Interior: altered, but No. 4 has timber-framed arcade partition between
housepart and outshut in 2nd bay: 2 posts exposed, with high stone
stylobates, arcade plate, and angle-braces, with light studs on a rail
beneath the arcade plate; and arched brick fireplace (restored); No. 5 (wing)
has exposed king-post roof truss, but is otherwise altered.
History: birthplace of Richard Bentley (1662-1742), scholar and divine;
Master of Trinity College, Cambridge 1700-34.

Listing NGR: SE3606328258

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26599599

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Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)