Lower Stockclough

SD 62 SW LIVESEY (off) STOCKCLOUGH LANE

3/42 Lower Stockclough 24-11-1966 - II

Farmhouse, probably c.1700 but with some evidence of earlier building, now house. Coursed sandstone rubble (and some random rubble) with quoins, concrete tile roof with gable chimneys. Two-bay plan with later rear extension and outshut. Two storeys; garden front has centre door with modern glazed porch, 5 windows with hollow-moulded mullions and chamfered surrounds: to the left, 2 and 4 lights under one hoodmould, to the right 4 lights with hoodmould, and at 1st floor, asymmetrically arranged, 3 and 3 lights. Right return wall has 2-light flush mullion window at ground floor, and a former 2-light stone mullion window, now casement, at 1st floor. Rear wall has at 1st floor the corbelled base of a former garderobe. Two-storey extension has C19 windows; remainder of rear and left return walls embraced by wide outshut. Interior: very large chamfered beams with some tongue stops; at 1st floor large tie beams and raked struts of roof trusses are exposed beneath ceilings. House probably remodelled at suggested date.

Listing NGR: SD6493524796