Bradleys Farmhouse

RIVINGTON SHEEP HOUSE LANE (off) SD 61 NW 10/189 Bradleys Farmhouse 17.4.67 (Formerly listed as Bradleys) GV II

Farmhouse. Dated 1683 on lintel of door; altered. Coursed sandstone rubble with quoins, on chamfered plinth, graduated slate roof with stone gable copings and gable chimneys. Double-depth 2-bay plan with end-baffle entry and shallow rear outshut to 1st bay, extension to rear of this. Two storeys; at left end an added single-storey gabled porch breaking the hoodmould of the inner doorway which has a roll-moulded surround lintel with panelled raised lettering B ; ground floor has 1:6 I E 8:3 2 C19 sashed windows, 1st floor has recessed chamfered mullion windows of 2 and 2 lights under one hoodmould and 2 and 3 lights under one hoodmould (the 1st of these windows, over the porch, blocked). Left gable wall (rendered) has 2 windows on each floor, all casements but the upper with chamfered flush mullions, and 2 blocked round-headed attic lights. Right gable wall has mostly blocked windows: 2 and one light at ground floor, with hoodmoulds, 2 and one light at 1st floor, 2 lights in the attic lacking the mullion. Rear has a 3-light window with hoodmould at ground floor of 2nd bay. Interior: apparently altered, now with a central lateral passage and dog-legged C19 staircase; boxed beams. Note: early example of double-depth plan interestingly combined with traditional end-baffle-entry; and dated.

Listing NGR: SD6296915140