New Hall Including Cottage At Rear

This is an 18th-century house, dated 1742, located in Entwistle, with a rear cottage. It’s constructed from watershot coursed sandstone rubble with large quoins, and has a stone slate roof with gable copings, kneelers, and gable chimneys. The house follows a double pile, two-bay plan, with a two-bay cottage built as a rear extension to the first bay.

The house presents a symmetrical façade with a two-storey gabled porch in the centre, featuring moulded coping and kneelers. The front door is within a chamfered surround, notable for its exceptionally large jambstones and lintel; a shouldered panel on the lintel bears raised lettering "B" (representing John and Mary Brandwood), alongside the date "J M 1742". An oval window is positioned above the door on the first floor, accompanied by a round peephole on the ground floor side wall. There are two stone mullion windows on each floor; the ground floor windows on the left have four lights, while those on the right have five (a square light was added to the ground floor left). All windows have small rectangular leaded lights, which appear original.

The rear elevation showcases a three-light window on each floor of the second bay, mirroring those at the front, and a cross window stairlight, with the lower lights now blocked. The attached cottage, with two lower storeys, features a board door flanked by altered windows and a four-light window under the eaves. Large quoins are visible at the rear corner, and further altered cottages from the later 18th century extend under the same roof, but are not included in the listing.

The interior is arranged around a four-room plan without a hallway. Notable features include slim roll-moulded beams, a fireplace with shouldered jambs, an original dogleg staircase with slim turned balusters and string, original doors with fielded panels, and hooks in the flat ceiling (the purpose of which is unknown). The house represents an unusually complete and intact example of an 18th-century dwelling.