Higher Green Owlers

SE 01 SW BLAKE LEE LANE (off) Marsden 4/33 Higher Green Owlers - - II

C17 origin. Late C18 to early C19 rebuild. Farmhouse and barn. Hammer dressed stone. Quoins. Pitched stone slate roof. Moulded footstones to barn. Three ashlar stacks. Two storeys. South elevation: Ground floor: later lean-to stone porch; two 3-light stone mullioned windows; one 4-light stone mullioned window. First floor: one 6-light stone mullioned window; one 5-light stone mullioned window; one 3-light stone mullioned window. East elevation: Ground floor: later lean-to extension. Within extension is original doorway (possibly re-set) with quoins and Tudor arched lintel (chamfered reveals). On lintel is inscription: IAS 1670. Later single light window. First floor: one 2-light stone mullioned window and one later window. North elevation: First floor: one 6-light stone mullioned window; one 3-light stone mullioned window. To north east are four stone brewery vats. Barn: South elevation: modern garage door, lintel above from former small door has inscription: I M Q M 17 7 6 North elevation: doorway above with quoins and deep lintel and later light. Large doorway with stone surround and tie-stones with deep lintel on rounded corbels. Later single light. East gable: small vent - gable apex with semi- circular false arch. West gable: single opening - gable apex (blocked). The remains of buildings to the east are from C19 brewery. Four stone cisterns remain and large cellars extend under north part of house. The house was situa- ted on the former packhorse road from Scammonden to the Colne Valley.

Listing NGR: SE0279113014