Lower Whittle Farmhouse

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

MIDDLETON DOCTOR FOLD LANE SD 80 NW SD 80 NE (south side) 1/6 & 2/6 - Lower Whittle Farmhouse - II Farmhouse. C17 timber-framed structure with substantial rebuilding of parts in C18. Rendered masonry walls which incorporate much of the timber-framed structure, the extent of which is unknown. Slate roof. 4 bays and 2 storeys with gabled crosswing to right and C19 lean-to addition to right return. Bay 1 is a C19 addition to the original 3-bay structure which has a projecting stone plinth and a door with fanlight in bay 3. None of the window openings are original,all containing C20 casement windows. 3 ridge chimney stacks. The framing of both of the original end walls and one crosswall are all visible internally. Brick nogging and wattle and daub are found in the panels which are roughly square. The principal posts are diagonally braced and support diagonally braced tie-beam roof trusses all of which are original to the structure. C19 staircase.

Listing NGR: SD8502808241

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1091 Ioe Records Taken By Pamela Jackson; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Ms Pamela Jackson. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project