Stoneleigh

SADDLEWORTH COOPER STREET SD 90 SE (east side) 5/61 Stoneleigh (formerly listed with Highfield 11/8/75 House) G.V. II House. c.1850. For Joseph Cooper. Watershot hammer-dressed stone with slate roof. Double-depth central-staircase plan with 2 storeys. 3 bays with rusticated quoins, ashlar plinth, first floor band, first floor sill band, eaves cornice and hipped roof. Broad steps lead to a wide central doorway which has side panels and fanlight under a depressed arch with rusticated voussoirs and keystone. Canted bay windows to either side are of late C19 date. First floor windows have architrave surrounds, the outer windows with triangular pediments on console brackets, the central one with a segmental pediment. Aprons below sills with flanking console brackets to outer windows and blind balustrading to centre. Blind piercing to blocking course which has articulating dies. All sash windows without glazing bars. Tall arched stair window to rear. Flat-roofed C20 addition to rear.

Listing NGR: SD9620304710