Cold Arbour Farmhouse

SJ 97 NW BOLLINGTON CLARKE LANE (South Side)

2/21 Cold Arbour Farmhouse.

GV II

Formerly farmhouse now house: C16 origins, C17 additions and mid C18 alterations. Coursed, squared buff sandstone rubble. Kerridge stone-slate roof, stone ridge, a brick and a stone chimney. L-shaped in plan with internal cross passage, with former farm building to the right. 2-storey, 3-bay north front with rough stone cambered heads with a prominent keystone in end bays, lower storeys holding 4-light fixed small pane iron casements with small 6-light openings. Similar blocked opening above to left only. Near central 8-panelled door (partly with moulded hexagons) under stone lintel with mullioned and transomed iron, small pane window immediately above, under cambered stone head. To the left, the gabled parlour wing has been extended to the barn but shows a small circular light. Interior: Rooms to left of cross passage have exposed small-framed, timber partitions. Main room has massive chamfered beam with carved stops. Other rooms have lighter chamfered beams with flat stops. Mid C18 turned baluster stair in cross passage and part of stone ladder to former hayloft.

Listing NGR: SJ9209876262