Crossley Hall North Barn And Outbuilding Range Adjoining Rear Of Numbers 193 And 195 (Crossley Hall)

This is a group of two-storey cottages formed from the late 17th-century Crossley Hall. The conversion into separate cottages took place in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The cottages are constructed from irregular courses of sandstone "brick" and gritstone, with flush quoins. They have stone slate roofs with saddlestones, shaped kneelers, and 18th and 19th-century corniced chimneys. Some original windows retain chamfered mullions, previously for 5, 6, or 10 lights, and have been reduced to 2 or 3 lights, with drip moulds. Other windows, dating from around 1800, have square mullions. A weathered string course runs along the facade. Number 181 retains a chamfered lintel above its doorway. Numbers 193 and 195 form the western half of the original hall, separated from numbers 181, 183, and 189 by a garden wall with a moulded stone architrave doorway. Number 195 has a ground floor of coursed gritstone with a 2-light former 4-light chamfered mullion window, and a first-floor refacing in sandstone "brick" with a square mullioned window. On the north side, number 195 projects with a 4-light square mullioned window with small panes facing east, and a passage entrance with a 4-centred head leading through to the south front. Number 193 has a two-bay front built out to the south, constructed of flush quoins and thin "bricks" – a late 18th-century addition that originally formed two cottages. It features 2-light square mullioned windows and doorways with squared jambs, one of which is blocked. The north elevation has a mullion and transom stair light with original glazing. Extending from the northwest corner is a 19th-century outbuilding range linked to the north barn, which has a recessed portal to the road and is dry walled. The outbuilding range is of 17th-century origin and may be a recasing and alteration of a previously timber-framed barn. Inside, the barn has six king post trusses and one arched brace, with no evidence of wall posts, but is aisled on the north side.