L Plan Farmbuildings, 30 Metres North West Of West New Houses Farmhouse

HUNDERTHWAITE BALDERSDALE NY 91 NW 14/83 L-plan farmbuildings, 30 metres north-west of West New Houses Farmhouse GV II Farmhouse and farmbuildings, now storage. Dated 1668 on door lintel with C19 alterations and additions. Squared rubble. Stone-flagged roofs and stone chimney stack. L-plan: former farmhouse and flanking end sections form a linear group with former loose-box/hen-house range attached at right-angles to right.

Farmhouse and end sections: 2 storeys, 6 irregular bays with low plinth, flush quoins and straight joint between bays 4 and 5. Chamfered doorway in bay 2 has alternating jambs, Tudor-arched head and lintel with raised letters: WC 1668. Blocked opening to left under relieving arch. 2-light chamfered-mullioned window to right with centremullion removed and fixed 8-pane light inserted. Several boarded and Dutch doors in altered openings. First-floor openings, also altered, include a 16-pane sash in bay 4. External stone stairway, with kennel under, leads to boarded door in right bay and to hen-house opening. Continuous roof with coped gables. Stone stack above joint with top band and water table.

Lower 2-storey, 3-bay building, formerly loose-boxes with hen-house over, has flush quoins. Dutch door in right bay. First-floor hen-hole and ledge in centre bay. Gabled right return has altered openings.

Rear of farmhouse section has projecting 2-storey left bay. One-storey, 2-bay rear outshut to right has boarded door and lean-to roof with coped gables.

Interior of former farmhouse shows evidence of 2 Tudor-arched stone fireplaces against left end cross wall.

One-storey range, attached to left return of farmhouse section, is not of special interest.

Listing NGR: NY9446819196