Description

SJ 74 NE
2/48

MADELEY C.P.
BOWSEY WOOD ROAD
(off west side)
Higher Thornhill Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse. Probably C17, re-modelled early C18 with early to mid-C19
additions and alterations. Purple and red brick (random and English
bonds respectively); plain tiled roofs; ridge and end stacks. Probably
originally a hall and cross-wing type, the cross-wing re-built and extended
in early C18 with hall (possibly originally timber framed) re-faced in
C19, at which time a lean-to addition was built to its rear. 2 storeys
to hall (left), 2 storeys and attic to C18 cross-wing (right); hall
probably of 3 structural bays; 1:1:1 windows, all 3-light mid-C19
casements, those on ground floor of hall and ground and first floors of
cross-wing under cambered heads; mid-C19 gabled entrance porch
immediately in line with ridge stack in angle between hall and cross-
wing (note, however, that principal access may originally have been from
other side, where cross-wing projects further and where any former
entrance would now be hidden by C19 lean-to); floor bands carried round
cross-wing with on the long side the positions of 8 narrow bricked-up
windows visible, 4 to each floor. Interior: unchamfered spine beam and
heavy joists to left-hand ground floor room of hall, while in the back
wall to the right (formerly an external wall) timber framing was recently
discovered (1984).

Listing NGR: SJ7651845795

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26636610

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Recommended Books

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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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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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)