2, Saddleworth Fold

SADDLEWORTH SADDLEWORTH FOLD SE 00 NW 4/265 No. 2 19/6/67 G.V. II House and cottage, now one house. "IRM 1699" on datestone but with alterations of later dates. Hammer-dressed stone with graduated stone slate roof. 2-unit plan with gable entrance, cottage added to left, 2-storey wing added to rear and C20 porch. Projecting plinth and quoins. 2, 4 and 3- light double-chamfered cavetto-moulded stone mullion windows on ground floor (with later window inserted beteween the 2 and 4-light windows). 6-light recessed flat-faced stone mullion window to first floor and a 2-light double-chamfered window. Eaves raised. The former cottage to left has a square-cut door surround; 3-light ground floor and 4-light first floor windows and quoins. 2 ridge chimney stacks both rebuilt in brick. Lean-to porch obscures gable entrance. Rear wing is of a later date and has 2, 3 and 4-light windows. Bulletin of the Saddleworth Historical Society, Vol.3, No.4, 1973.

Listing NGR: SE0035606049