Blackwall Farmhouse

SOWERBY BRIDGE BLACKWALL LANE SE 0424 and SE 0524 (south side), Friendly 9/5 Nos 1, 2, 3 and 4 Blackwall Farmhouse - GV II

Farmhouse now 4 dwellings. Probably early C17, of 2 builds, sub-divided and altered late C18-early C19. Rubble brought to course, rendered or painted; stone slate roof. Hall and cross-wing plan with through passage. 2 storeys, 3 bays with gabled cross-wing on left. Ground floor windows are double chamfered mullioned with arched lights and first floor windows single-chamfered mullioned, unless stated otherwise. Cross-wing: a 4-light window flanked by plain single lights; on first floor a 3- light now 2-light window with inserted plain window to left and dripstone above. Main range: left bay has a chamfered shallow segmental-arched doorway to right of 3-light window with 4-light window above; central bay has C19 doorway to right of 5-light transomed window with 4-light, now 2-light, window above; right bay has C19 doorway to left of 4-light window with square-headed lights under remnant of string, with similar window under hoodmould above. Main range has end stacks and one to ridge between left-hand bays; cross-wing has lateral stack on left. Rear: through-passage doorway is chamfered and Tudor-arched in gabled porch with segmental arched doorway and inner stone benches. Other openings date from the conversion and include doorways to left and right, each of the 3 doorways being to right of a 3-light flat-faced mullion window with a similar 4-light window above (each with 1 light blocked). Cross-wing has roof hipped, with crocketed finial on apex of hip, and descending low over C19 extension. Interior of No 3: one stop-chamfered beam and a corniced fireplace dating from the conversion. No 1 in state of dereliction at time of resurvey.

Listing NGR: SE0562824210