Thorpe Cottage

Thorpe Cottage is a small, simple cottage that is said to have been a former Free Grammar School. It likely dates from the 18th century but has undergone many alterations. The building is constructed of hammer-dressed stone with quoins and features a stone slate roof. It is a single-storey structure with a stone porch at the front, which dates from the early or mid-19th century. The porch has a reset doorway with a lintel dated 1706, and above it is a plaque from the early or mid-19th century inscribed with 'FREE Grammar School A.D. 1667'. The cottage includes recent and 19th-century openings, as well as a recent bay window. At the rear, there is a 19th-century mono-pitched extension. The date 1706 refers to the time when the school was enlarged, as noted in H. N. Pobjoy's "A History of Mirfield," published in 1968.