5, 6 And 7 Troy Hill

SE23NW 8/160

HORSFORTH LS18 TROY ROAD (west side, off) Nos. 5, 6 and 7, (Troy Hill)

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Lesser gentry house, now 3 dwellings. Early C17 for John Craven, altered. Coursed squared sandstone, stone slate roof. Double-depth plan under 2-span roof. Two storeys; almost symmetrical east front has continuous dripmould, former doorway offset slightly to right of centre, with moulded surround, altered as a window, 2 inserted doorways flanking this, with plain surrounds, 2 large transomed windows on each floor; that to left at ground floor 3 + 2 lights with a king-mullion and the others all 4 lights, and a smaller 3-light mullioned window between those at 1st floor; all these deeply recessed, with chamfered mullions. Corniced gable chimneys, and unusual moulded gable copings. Rear block (west side), has 3 recessed mullioned windows on each floor, all of 5 lights except that at right-hand end of ground floor, which is of 3 lights; similar gable copings and chimneys, and a modern chimney on the ridge.

Interior: said to have contained fine carved panelling until mid-1960's but now altered.

History: built for John Craven, and sold to Stanhope family in C17.

(Reference: Alastair Lawrence, Woodside and its Industries, 1985).

Listing NGR: SE2437138927