Holden Farmhouse At Sd 885 338

SD 83 SE BRIERCLIFFE WITH EXTWISTLE 3/2 Holden Farmhouse at SD 885 338

10.1.1984 GV II

Farmhouse, undergoing renovation as house (1985). Mid C17; altered. Coursed sandstone rubble with quoins (roof stripped at time of survey). L-shaped 2-bay end baffle-entry plan with full height outshut to most of rear. Two storeys; large single-storey porch at right hand end, with monopitched roof and doorway with plain surround, inner doorway with chamfered surround; recessed hollow-chamfered mullion windows with hoodmoulds on both floors: 5 and 6 lights at ground floor, 3, 4 and 2 lights at 1st floor, all lacking some mullions; chimneys at both gables. Left gable end has small addition flush with front wall, two openings on each floor towards the rear (one at 1st floor with a mullion); right gable wall has small firewindow towards the rear; rear of 2nd bay has a 4-light mullioned window without a hoodmould, lacking 2 mullions, and a little window above. Rear outshut mostly demolished at time of survey. Interior: large stone heck with peephole to former inglenook, (beams jointed in place of former bressummer), C18 stone fireplace with moulded corbelled jambs; relocated staircase against rear wall of housepart. Reference: RCHM p.137.