Fairbanks Farmhouse And Cottages

SADDLEWORTH LEE SIDE SE 00 NW (east side) Lee Cross 4/196 Fairbanks Farmhouse and - Cottages G.V. II House and 2 cottages. Early/mid C18. Hammer-dressed watershot stone with graduated stone slate roof. Double- depth house of 3 storeys and 3 bays with a 3-bay 3-storey wing to rear left of late C18 date. Blocked door between bays 1 and 2 with dressed surround. 4, 4 and 6-light ground floor windows, three 4-light first floor windows and 3, 3 and 4-light second floor windows. All have recessed cavetto- moulded stone mullion windows. The top storey appears to have been added, probably in the late C18, and reuses earlier windows. 3 rendered ridge chimney stacks. Square-cut door surround to right gable. The wing to rear, itself built in 2 phases, generally has a 3-light recessed flat-faced stone mullion window to each bay on each floor. Some windows retain the original leaded panes. Bulletin of the Saddleworth Historical Society, Vol.2, No.3, 1972.

Listing NGR: SE0081407473