High Riley Cottges

ACCRINGTON SANDY LANE SD 72 NE 5/33 Nos. 1, 3, 5 and 7 High Riley Cottages 22.8.1966 - II

Farmhouse, dated 1628, altered, with C19 extension, now 3 dwellings. Random rubble with quoins, stone slate roof with 2 pairs of coupled chimneys on the ridge, one chimney at right gable. Originally 3-bay L-shaped plan with projecting wing to 3rd bay. Two storeys; gable of wing has kneelers with finials, incorporates porch with chamfered doorway on left, a datestone over it lettered "1628" ("2" reversed), and has one 3-light stone mullion window on each floor and a small blocked window in apex; to left are 2 similar windows on each floor (4 lights at ground floor); all these windows have hoodmoulds and are probably restorations. Rear has 2 original double-chamfered stone mullion windows on each floor, all with hoodmoulds. Interior altered. C19 addition on right in matching style. History: see Ainsworth Homesteads pp.18-23.