Purprice Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 1984. House.

Purprice Farmhouse

WRENN ID
tilted-lancet-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Country
England
Date first listed
12 December 1984
Type
House
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SD 92NE WADSWORTH C.P. PURPRISE LANE SD 991299

7/252 Purprice Farmhouse

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G.V. II

House late C17, attached to rear of Lower Purprice (q.v.) with which it originally formed a single dwelling. Hammer-dressed stone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys. 3-room plan originally with rear baffle entry; one cell is demolished but part of wall with 4-light double chamfered mullioned window survives. 6-light window to left with lowered sill altered to 3 lights with new mullions; 6-light window (lacks 2 mullions). 1st floor has 2 chamfered mullioned windows of 4 lights each lacking 2 mullions. Quoins to left hand return wall only which has coped gable with kneelers and stack. One other stack to ridge. Rear has fine Tudor arched doorway with moulded surround and sunken spandrels near to junction with Lower Purprice. Interior: Door enters against heck screen formed by large dressed stones. Division wall between 2 rooms formed by single-skin ashlar blocks which splays out to carry double depth wall and spine beams.

Listing NGR: SD9913729915

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