Steelands Farmhouse

GRINDLETON BACK BROW SD 74 NE

7/96 Steelands Farmhouse 16.11.1954 - II

House, probably late C18th with probable earlier remains and later alterations. Rendered rubble with sandstone dressings and slate roof. 3 storeys, with cross-wing at east side of 2 storeys with attic. The south front of the main range is of 2 bays and has tripartite windows with plain stone surrounds and square mullions, a door between the bays with plain stone surround and cornice hood, and stone gutter brackets. The cross-wing, at the right, is of one bay and has triple sashed windows with no glazing bars or mullions,within cyma-moulded architraves with false keystones. The attic is lit by an oculus. The gable has a coping with kneelers. In the centre of the cross-wing is a chimney with 3 diagonal caps. The left-hand gable of the house has a projecting stack with 2 diagonal caps. The north wall of the cross-wing has windows with plain stone surrounds. Over the 1st floor window is re-set part of the head of a cross, probably medieval. The west wall, in the angle with the main house, has a lead rainwater hopper inscribed 'RHS 1776'. The interior was not fully inspected, but contains a stair of late C18th type with open string, ramped handrails, and turned balusters and newels.

Listing NGR: SD7567746597