49 And 49A, Bolton Old Road

Nos. 49 and 49A on Bolton Old Road is a parson's house that is now partly used as a school. It was built shortly after Chowbent Chapel in 1721. The building features Flemish bond brick with stone dressings and a slate roof. It has a three-bay, two-storey central-staircase plan. The structure includes a deep projecting stone plinth, stone quoins, and stone brackets for the eaves gutter. The centrally placed studded door has an overlight and is topped with a stone lintel featuring rusticated voussoirs. There are prominent 19th-century bay windows that obscure the ground floor on either side. The first floor has three closely placed windows with stone sills and keystone wedge lintels, including two 20th-century casements and a Victorian sash. Gable chimney stacks are present, along with two gable attic lights, one of which is blocked, featuring elliptical-arched heads. At the rear, there is a lean-to addition with an arched stair window. The adjoining school to the right is not included in this listing. Inside, the dogleg stair has a deep handrail, turned balusters on a closed string, and square newel posts with plain caps. The building features king-post roof trusses. In the 18th century, the parson used one room as a school room, a function that has continued to the present day, despite the addition of 18th and 19th-century school buildings to increase accommodation.