Caoch House And Stable Attached To Thorpe House

Caoch House and the attached stable, originally serving Thorpe House, are early 19th-century outbuildings located on the east side of Rochdale Road in Sowerby Bridge. They are constructed from coursed squared stone with brick gables in mainly stretcher bond and feature stone slate roofs. The buildings are arranged around a courtyard that is open on the north side, with the west range connected to Thorpe House by a block built around 1970, which is not of interest.

The structure is two storeys high. The east range, facing the courtyard, has three bays and a plinth. It features a central segment-arched cart-entry with rusticated quoins, imposts, and a tripartite keystone. Flanking the cart-entry are arched blind recesses with lunettes at the top. There is an impost band and a first-floor band. Above the cart-entry, there is a door flanked by rectangular openings, all with plain stone surrounds. Gutter brackets are present on the table, and there is coping along the top.

The south range of the courtyard front has one bay, with a central elliptical-arched cart-entry similar to the east range and a window above it. The west range also has two cart-entries like those in the east range, flanking an arched doorway that features a board door, fanlight, and keystone. There are plain doorways at the left and right ends, an impost band, a window above the left cart-entry, and two inserted windows. The gutter is also on the table here. The north gable of this range includes an arched window set in an arched niche with imposts and a keystone, which was raised by one storey around 1970.

On the south gable of the east range, the central portion of the ground floor projects, featuring a stone band. On the first floor, pilasters flank a central niche that is arched above the eaves band and has a lunette. Inside the east range, there are six-panel doors leading off the cart-entry into the stables, which contain mangers and stall partitions. The roof features queen-strut trusses with vertical and diagonal braces.