87 And 89, High Street

SD 71 NW TURTON HIGH STREET Chapeltown

7/125 Nos. 87 and 89 27.1.1967 GV II

House, probably early C17. Coursed sandstone rubble with quoins, stone slate roof with chimneys at both ends (higher buildings adjoin). Two-bay end-baffle-entry plan, 2 low storeys with later 2-storey gabled porch of dressed blocks at right end: this has a doorway with chamfered jambs and lintel, and an oval window above. Ground floor has inserted door in centre, 2 double-chamfered stone mullion windows with hoodmoulds, of 4 and 5 lights; 1st floor has 3 windows of 3, 2 and 3 lights with chamfered mullions. Rear has a 3-light mullioned firewindow (now under glazed porch), a single-storey single-cell extension with quoins, and various modernised windows. Interior: large inglenook with timber-framed heck; chamfered ceiling beams in housepart; timber-framed partitions with exposed wattle and daub; in parlour and in chamber above it, rectangular stone fireplaces with chamfered jambs and heads; original roof trusses, and close to chimney above inglenook a collar carrying a kingpost - possibly associated with former firehood.

Listing NGR: SD7330415791