1366, 1368 and 1370, Thornton Road and 7 and 8, Keelham, Brighouse Road

Cottages, early C19, partially converted to a public house in the early-mid-C19, now all returned to domestic use

MATERIALS: millstone grit sandstone, with stone-slate roofs

PLAN: originally an L-shaped range occupying a prominent corner site; now infilled to the rear.

EXTERIOR: a two-storey building beneath pitched roofs of stone slates, with dentilled eaves, and several corniced, ridge chimney stacks. The elevation fronting Thornton Road comprises three cottages, each with an entrance that is flanked to the left by a two-light square mullioned window; the central cottage has the words POST OFFICE inscribed into the lintel of the entrance. Further to the left there are two additional windows, that are partially blocked former entrances with jambs continuing to ground level. To the first floor there is a four-light mullioned window to the corner, and two two-light mullioned windows alternating with single windows. Window frames are all four-pane timber sliding sash replacements, and all doorways have square jambs. The right return has two windows to the ground floor and one to the first floor. Attached to the rear is a later-C20 lean-to extension and other additions. The elevation fronting Brighouse Road includes a pair of cottages. The first has a central entrance with a window to its left side, and a pair of identical windows to the first floor, all in plain stone surrounds, and fitted with replacement four-pane timber sliding sash frames. A similar window to the right of the entrance lights the corner cottage. The second cottage has a ground floor entrance with an inserted narrow window and a three-light mullioned window to the left. There is a three-light mullioned window to the first floor, with a window to the right above the entrance; all windows are fitted with uPVC frames.

INTERIOR: the original roof structure is retained throughout and comprises queen post and king post trusses, purlins and ridge piece, and there are also exposed chamfered ceiling beams to some spaces. There are at least two simple fireplaces with stone lintel and jambs, and some stone flagged floors beneath later coverings. Beneath the building there are several cellars, some accessed via stone steps and some with stone shelving and stone flagged floors.