Red House Farmhouse

ECCLESTON RED HOUSE LANE SD 51 NW 9/101 Red House Farmhouse 17.4.67. - II

Farmhouse, now house. Dated 1673 on lintel and 1931 on right gable, altered, presumably at that date. Brick, mostly pebble-dashed, partly scored render, all colour washed, tiled roof. Three-bay baffle-entry plan, with projecting porch at junction of 2nd and 3rd bays, projecting gabled wing (probably C19) to 1st bay, and a further continuation of one small bay on the main axis to the left of that. Two storeys; 2-storey gabled porch in line with ridge chimney has scored render front, open segmental-headed outer doorway with large lintel lettered in relief : B I M 1673 wooden side benches, blocked peep holes in the sides, studded inner door with strap hinges and moulded wooden surround, and a 3-light chamfered mullion window at 1st floor; to the right, a 5-light window at ground floor and 2- and 3-light windows above, all these with small lights and flush mullions pebble dashed, and labels; to the left, a similar 5-light window at 1st floor and a large 3-light casement at ground floor. Gable of wing has 2 large C19 windows on each floor, those at 1st floor cross-windows with sliding sashes, and a side wall chimney. Right gable has mullioned windows like those at the front: 3 lights at ground floor, 3 and 3 at 1st floor (datestone: A.D. 1931, between these) and 4 lights in the attic. Continuation at left end is of less interest, but the rear of this and of the adjoining bay have 2-light cellar windows with chamfered mullions. Interior: not inspected, but understood to contain back-to-back inglenook fireplaces with bressummers, moulded beams in housepart and chamfered in 3rd bay, and panelled service door at lower end of housepart.

Listing NGR: SD5177316708