Grotton Head Farmhouse And Adjoining Barn To West

SADDLEWORTH PLATTING ROAD SD 90 SE (west side) 5/232 Grotton Head Farmhouse and adjoining barn - to west G.V. II House and adjoining barn. Barn - "IBM 1678" (Isaac and Mary Buckley) on door lintel, house - "EB 1845" (Edmond Buckley) on datestone. Hammer-dressed stone with graduated stone slate (house) and slate (barn) roofs. Double-depth central- staircase plan house with 2 storeys. The barn adjoins to left having opposed cart entries, shippon to left and C20 addition to right. Central door has re-used lintel dated "MBIB 1656", a chamfered surround and fanlight, and is flanked on either side by 3-light recessed flat-faced stone mullion windows with a central 1-light window on the first floor. Coped gables and gable chimney stacks. The rear incorporates two 2-light double-chamfered stone mullion windows (one mullion missing) indicating reuse or remodelling of a former building. The barn has stone quoins, a projecting plinth and outshuts to either side of the cart entry. 2 doors (one blocked) to left gable have chamfered surrounds and a dated lintel.Vents on 3 levels to rear and blocked cart entry which has chamfered dressings. C20 roof construction. Bulletin of the Saddleworth Historical Society, Vol.15, No.1, 1985.

Listing NGR: SD9720804811