Farm Building At Pot House Farm Adjoining Farmhouse To North

SK29NE STOCKSBRIDGE POT HOUSE LANE (south-west side) Farm building at Pot 4/179 House Farm adjoining 15.1.85 farmhouse to north

GV II

Glass house now used as farmbuilding, Late C17, altered. Hammer-dressed gritstone, stone slate roof. Single range, 2 storeys. Farmyard side: to right a large blocked round arch with voussoirs, springing from ground level rises to eaves level, Beneath the arch: a part-blocked door to right, window to left and boarded pitching hole above, To right of arch a board door, to left 2 other doors in quoined surrounds with square pitching hole above. Rear: to left a large segmental archway with springers set on quoined reveals, the archway falls short of the eaves. To its left a blocked window with heavy square-faced surround. To right,the ruinous remains of an external kiln structure. The site of Bolsterstone Glasshouse known to have operated from the mid C17 under several ownerships. Converted to pot manufactory in mid C18 when former employees established the catcliffe Glass Works. Taller barn attached to left and house attached to front right corner not of special interest.

J. Kenworthy, The Early History of Stocksbridge and District: Bolsterstone Glass House, 1914, pp9-45

Listing NGR: SK2660698027