Hurdsfield House

Hurdsfield House is a house that was formerly used as a welfare centre and was disused at the time of the survey. It dates from around 1800 and has undergone later alterations. The building is constructed of brick with stone dressings and features a Welsh slate roof. It is three stories high.

The entrance front faces west and consists of a five-window range with a central doorway set within a stone porch that has a Doric architrave. Above the doorway, there are wrought-iron railings leading to a balcony over a tall window, which likely illuminates the entrance and stair hall. The flanking windows are sash windows, although most were boarded over during the inspection, and they are set in moulded architraves. The corners of the building are accentuated with angle quoins.

The south front originally featured a three-window range with a slightly advanced central bay, which has been extended by one bay to the right. The windows on this side have mostly been renewed but retain their original openings, complete with flat-arched gauged brick heads and keystones. At the rear, there is a mid-19th century service extension with a hipped roof, located at the angle of the two main ranges. The house is said to have been built by the Brocklehurst family, who were a prominent local silk manufacturing family.