Loud Mytham Farmhouse

SD 64 SW BOWLAND-WITH-LEAGRAM

4/60 Loud Mytham Farmhouse 29.12.52 GV II

House, late C17th, altered 1879. Slobbered sandstone rubble with slate roof. 3-unit plan. 2 storeys with attic. The original entrance was in the north-west wall, against the fireplace in the middle room. The chamfered door surround with hood is now blocked. To the left is a 2- light double-chamfered mullioned window, with a blocked window with hood to the right. On the 1st floor are 2 windows of 2 lights and one of 4 lights. The south-east wall has a late C19th chamfered door surround opening into the middle room. All the windows are double chamfered with mullions and individual hoods. To the left of the door is a 4-light window, with a 3-light window, formerly larger, to the right, with one of 2 and one of 3 lights to the right of that. On the 1st floor the numbers of lights in the windows are as follows: 4, 5, 2, 2, 4. The west gable has a 3-light window on the ground floor and traces of blocked windows on the 1st and attic floors. The house is recorded as having a wide fireplace with extensive arch prior to a rebuilding in 1879, with a soot chamber above 8 or 9 feet square occupying the entire height of the roof. Weld, John 'A History of Leagram'. Chetham Society N.S. 72, 1913, p.94.

Listing NGR: SD6491243107