Higher Lane Head Lower Lane Head

The following buildings shall be added:-

SD 94 SW COLNE EMMOTT LANE (west side) Laneshaw Bridge 8/289 Lower and Higher Lane Head

• II

Farmhouse now 2 dwellings. Early C17, altered C20. Deeply-coursed gritstone stone slate roof. T-shaped plan 2 storeys, each range of 2 cells. Large quoins; hollow- chamfered mullioned windows. Main range has intact housebody window of 7 lights beneath hoodmould; altered opening on right then C20 gabled porch re-using C17 material; original Tudor-arched doorway within porch has bulbous chamfer stops. 4, altered 1st floor windows in quoined openings. Both floors of crosswing on right have 4-light (originally 5-light) mullioned windows with hoodmoulds. Chamfered gable copings; 2 ridge stacks over main range; external stack to left of crosswing has offset, waterspout and 2 diagonally-set flues. Rear of crosswing: two 2-light windows to ground floor (mullions removed); intact 3-light window above. Main range has rounded doorway on left (opposite that of porch). Interior: triangular- headed doorways link all rooms, except ground floor of crosswing; fireplace with similar arch backs onto external stack. Stop-chamfered ceiling joists in housebody set on corbels and chamfered offset.

(Sarah Pearson, Rural Houses of the Lancashire Pennines 1560-1760, RCHM, 1985 p. 145

Listing NGR: SD9172141056