Lower Eafield Cottages, Barn And Stables

Description

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

SD 91 SW WARDLE CLEGG HALL ROAD (north side)

7/140 Lower Eafield Cottages, barn and - Stables.

- II

2 cottages, now one house; and adjoining barn and stables.

Later C18, the stables being built after the barn which was built after the cottages. Watershot stone with stone slate roof. Each cottage is double-depth, 2-storey by one room wide, the left one having an additional single depth room to the left. The barn to the right is roofed at right-angles and consists of a shippon on the ground floor and hayloft above (no floor now exists). The stable was added to the rear corner of the barn and similarly has a hayloft above (no floor now exists). The cottage consists of 3 bays with quoins, head and sill bands, flat faced mullion window of 3, 4 and 3 lights to the ground floor 3, 7 and 5 lights to the first. The 2 doors have square-cut lintels and 3-piece jambs. The barn has 3 shippon entries, triangular headed vents, a pointed voussoir arch hay door over the central entry and an owl hole. 2 similar hay doors exist on the side elevation as well as 2 blocked doorways, 2 windows, 5 vents and moulded eaves corbels. The stable has a central door, 2 windows and a square pitching door above. The stalls remain in the stables: the barn has queen-post trusses.

Listing NGR: SD9177614838

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This is part of the Series: IOE01/1261 IOE Records taken by Brian Lomas; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

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© Mr Brian Lomas. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project