Delph Slack Farmhouse And Adjoining Barn

SADDLEWORTH SLACK GATE LANE SD 90 NE (west side) 3/282 Delph Slack Farmhouse and - adjoining barn G.V. II Farmhouse,now 3 cottages, and barn. "1745 RWAW" (Robert and Ann Whitehead) on door lintel but with later additions and alterations. Hammer-dressed watershot stone with graduated stone slate roof. Single-depth range totalling 5 bays and 2 storeys with barn to left and later range added to rear. Bay 1 has a door to left (now window) with dressed surround, a 4-light recessed flat-faced ground floor mullion window and a 7-light on the first floor. Bays 2, 3 and 4 constitute the earlier part,bay 2 having altered window openings with C20 casements whereas bays 3 and 4 have 4 and 2-light double- chamfered cavetto-moulded mullion ground floor windows, a similar 3-light on the first floor and later 3 and 2-light windows. Bay 5 has a 2 and 3-light window. The former gable entrance with dated lintel is obscured by an C18 addition. Ridge chimney stacks. 3, 4 and 7-light recessed flat-faced mullion windows to rear. Cart entry and shippon door to barn.

Listing NGR: SD9784409516