Cliff Hill And Attached Archway

The property is a farmhouse with an attached archway, dating from the early 17th century, located near Sowerby Bridge, Midgley. The original core of the building dates to 1601, with a substantial addition and the archway constructed around 1700. The farmhouse is built of thinly-coursed rubble interspersed with larger blocks, and has a stone slate roof. The original three-bay range is on the right-hand side. The front door, situated between the left bays, has a shallow, basket-arched surround with quoins and a date panel inscribed "INMN 1601". A five-light double-chamfered mullion window sits to the left of the door, with one mullion having been removed, while an eight-light window is to the right. These, along with the door, are sheltered by a continuous dripmould with leaf and heart stops. A plain-stone surround marks a doorway to the far left, although it’s now blocked, alongside a six-light chamfered mullion window (some mullions have been replaced). The first floor features single-chamfered mullion windows of five, seven, and five lights. Shaped kneelers and coping are visible at the right end of the building. Three corniced ridge stacks are present, one on the right of each bay. A two-bay addition was built to the left, with chamfered mullion windows. The left bay of this addition projects forward, featuring a three-light window on each floor and a doorway in the return wall. The right bay incorporates a blocked doorway to the left of a four-light window, above which is a five-light window. Shaped kneelers and coping are present at the left end. A ridge stack was added between these bays around 1980. The attached archway springs from the right angle of the left bay, featuring a round arch with a dropped keystone. The coping rubble walling above the archway dies into the wall of a nearby barn. The rear features an original outshut with quoins and chamfered mullion windows of four, two, and three lights, most of the mullions having been removed. The right return has similar windows of three and two lights to the ground floor while the left return incorporates flat-faced mullion windows with two first-floor taking-in doors. It is suggested that the added bays provided extra workshop accommodation, evidenced by their original first-floor doors. The interior of the farmhouse was not inspected during the resurvey.