Hacking Hobs

SD 63 NW LONGRIDGE PRESTON ROAD

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House, early C17th, altered. Rendered sandstone rubble with slate roof. T-plan. 2 storeys with attic. The west wall has 2 windows with plain stone surrounds on the ground floor, the right-hand one being sashed with glazing bars, the other being sashed. On the 1st floor is a double- chamfered surround to a former 3-light mullioned window. Towards the left is a single-storeyed gabled extension. The chimney is central and the gables have copings with kneelers. The left-hand (north) gable has a sashed window with plain stone surround on each floor, with a double-chamfered one-light attic window. The right-hand gable has a cyma-moulded door surround, now within a modern porch, and a tripartite sashed window with square stone mullions. The south wall of the rear wing has a similar window on each floor. Inside there is said to be a plaque dated 1606 in one of the ground-floor rooms.