Alder Hill Cottages

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SE23NE STONEGATE ROAD, Meanwood 714-1/6/975 (South East side) 05/08/76 Alder Hill Cottages, Nos 1, 2 and 3

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Farmhouse, now 3 cottages. Early C17 with C18 and C20 alterations. Coursed gritstone rubble, stone slate roofs. 2 storeys, the main range, Nos 2 & 3, is 4 windows wide with a continuous outshut to rear; gabled wing projects on left, with entrance to No.3 in lean-to on left return, opening into a rear wing which is roofed parallel to the main range. Quoins. Main range: openings altered, two C20 glazed doors centre with plain lintels, enlarged windows retain recessed chamfered surrounds; 1st floor: a 3-light side sliding sash left, C20 windows centre and right, added bay with round windows far right. Stone gutter brackets, gable copings, corniced stack far left and to ridge right. Projecting wing on left: C20 windows, gable rebuilt, C17 moulded coping, shaped kneelers and finials retained. Entrance to No.3 set back on left return: a re-cut and reset lintel with keystone inscribed 'A(nn)o D(omin)i' and the date '16...35'; a weathered ram's head terminal set above the keystone, jamb stones project slightly; to right a half round-arched window. The rear wing has a C17 gable (facing the road) with blocked 1st-floor window and shaped kneelers, gable coping and finials; a large rebuilt ashlar corniced ridge stack. INTERIOR: reputed to retain C18 stairs with moulded rail, string and turned balusters, fireplace with large cambered arch, chamfered ceiling beams, early carved stone head set into wall in entrance hall.

Listing NGR: SE2899537380