Middle Farmhouse

PARISH OF HOLMESFIELD HORSLEYGATE LANE SK 37 NW 5/160 (South Side) Middle Farmhouse II Farmhouse. 1697 and 1740 with remodelling and additions in late C18 and C19. Coursed rubble coal measures sandstone with ashlar dressings, plain gables except to roadside elevation, which is coped, with moulded kneelers, stone gable and ridge stacks, and a stone slated roof. L-plan house, of two storeys, except for the single storey bay to the roadside. West elevation of three bays, the north bay with a 3-light hollow moulded chamfer mullioned window with dripmould integral with the window head, carried as a stepped moulding over the doorway to the south, which has a quoined surround and a massive lintel bearing inscription TLS 1740. Two storey part to south with gable, a 3-light mullioned window to the ground floor, together with a tall doorway with quoined surround and massive lintel inscribed AL 1697 and C20 panelled door with rectangular overlight. Above, two C19 windows with plain stone surrounds, and C19 joinery. East and north elevations of south range with 2-light hollow chamfer mullioned windows, each with drips integral with the head. South elevation formerly with sash windows, now with C20 joinery above C18 2-light basement windows.

Listing NGR: SK3085476883