Old Hall Cottages

THURCROFT BRAMPTON ROAD SK48NE (west side), Brampton-en-le-Morthen 6/92 Old Hall Cottages 29.3.68 (formerly listed as on Village Street) GV II Large house now 3 cottages. Probably late C16, altered. Deeply-coursed, dressed sandstone, Welsh slate roof. U-shaped plan with 2-storey porch to left return. 2 storeys and attic, 1:2:1 windows to 1st floor. Chamfered plinth, large quoins. Central recess has door in ashlar surround flanked on each floor by C19 four-pane sashes; walled-up earlier doorway on right has bonded surround with deep lintel. Wing projecting on left has 3-light casement in square-faced surround to each floor, crow-stepped gable. Wing on right has a casement with glazing bars in double-chamfered surround with dripstone on each floor, gable has remains of crow-steps on right otherwise with gable copings set on shaped kneeler to left. Central ridge has C19 brick stacks at each end, another brick stack to left return of wing on right. Rear: central part has a transomed, 4-light, ovolo-moulded mullion window with dripstone beneath a transomed, 3-light chamfered mullion window; blocked original openings to 3 floors on right; bricked-up 3-light mullioned windows with dripstone to attic of left gable; both wings have crow-stepped gables. Left return: porch projection on left has bricked-up, round-arched doorway beneath transomed, 3-light, ovolo-moulded mullion window with dripstone; bricked-up 2-light, double-chamfered, mullion window to crow- stepped gable. Interior not fully inspected.

Listing NGR: SK4856488350