Description

ACCRINGTON PARK CRESCENT
SD 72 NE
5/26 Higher Antley Hall and

- Higher Antley Cottage
- II

Farmhouse, early C17, renovated and altered in 1927 to make 2 dwellings.
Coursed rubble with quoins, now pebble-dashed; stone slate roof with 2
ridge chimney stacks, stone gable copings and kneelers (ball finials not
original). Typical 3-bay baffle-entry 2-storey house with gabled 2-storey
porch at junction of 1st and 2nd bays, short 2-storey outshut to rear of
3rd bay. Porch has Tudor-arched doorway with deep lintel enclosed by
hoodmould, overhanging upper floor with square recess for datestone
(altered) and windows in front and sides; including these, facade has 8
renovated windows in original openings with restored hoodmoulds (one at
ground floor, 7 above), and 2 new windows which imitate these. Right
return wall has 2 original 2-light double-chamfered stone mullion
windows, and rear has one small round-headed window at 1st floor.
Interior: original large chimney stack with stone-arched fireplaces
back-to-back; otherwise altered. (Ainsworth Homesteads pp.11-13)

Listing NGR: SD7545627683

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26643953

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (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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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)