Hazel Hurst House

SE02NE QUEENSBURY HAZEL HURST ROAD (west side), Ambler Thorn

6/26 No 2 (Hazel Hurst House)

II

Part of former hall, now single dwelling. Dated 1724. For Timothy and Elizabeth Ramsden. Hammer-dressed stone. Ashlar fronted porch. Stone slate roofs. Two storeys. Quoins to right. Open, two-storey gabled porch to left with moulded copings on cut kneelers. Entrance has cambered head and moulded surround. Internal stone seat to left and right. To first floor of porch is single light with blind light above. Kneelers are inscribed:

R T E (to left) and '1724' (in sunken panel to right).

First-floor band continues across single bay to right which has a single-light window in raised surround to each floor. Formerly these had a mullion and transom, now recent casements. Rendered left gable where centre part of the hall was demolished.

Hazel Hurst House existed in the C16. Timothy Ramsden, woolstapler, rebuilt it in 1724.

Interior not inspected.

J. Parker, Illustrated Rambles from Hipperholm to Tong, 1904.

Listing NGR: SE0969629367