The Birches

BRAMPTON SK37SW BAGTHORPE LANE 1264-0/2/92 (North side (off)) 31/01/67 The Birches (Formerly Listed as: BASLOW ROAD, Old Brampton The Birches) GV II House. Early C17, with C19 alterations and additions. Coursed Coal Measures Sandstone, with ashlar gritstone dressings, quoins, coped gables with moulded kneelers, and ashlar gable chimneys. Stone slated roof. East elevation of 2 storeys and attics, 5 bays, that to the north a late C19 addition, and with a single-storey extension which links the house to an adjacent outbuildings range. Double gabled front, with stone spouts projecting from corners and from the central valley. 4-window front to C17 part, with off-centre doorway, remodelled C19, with pointed arched head to a moulded stone surround. 4-panelled doors, with pointed arched heads to 2 upper panels which are glazed. C19 hoodmould to doorway links with C17 string course above flanking ground-floor windows. These are enlarged 2-light chamfered mullioned openings with C20 window frames having top-hung lights. 4 first-floor windows beneath C17 string course, also enlarged, but shallower than first-floor openings. Blocked 2-light chamfered mullioned windows to attics, beneath hood moulds. West elevation with gabled wing to south end, with single-light C17 openings formerly serving a staircase. The remainder of the rear elevation consists of a long catslide roof. C19 bay to north with stacked two-light mullioned windows in quoined surrounds. Doorway to north end with chamfered quoined surround. C20 door with integral fanlight. INTERIOR: some exposed ceiling beams, C19 plain staircase, and a C17 hearth with jowelled jambs and massive stone lintel.

Listing NGR: SK3275971268