Bridge Dale Farmhouse

SP 7992 10/77 7.12.66

MEDBOURNE BROOK TERRACE (South End) No. 8 (Bridge Dale Farmhouse)

II*

House. Dated 1709. Coursed squared stone with quoins and Welsh slate roof with 2 moulded stone ridge stacks. Stone coped gables with kneelers. T plan, staircase wing to rear. 2 storeys of 4 windows : 6/6 sash, 2 2-light wooden mullion and transom windows with leaded lights and 6/6 sash. Central moulded stone doorway and 6-panelled door up 3 stone steps. On left end a 6/6 sash, 2-light mullion and transom window over, and 2-light casement in attic. Extending to rear and left a C19 1 storey wing. Inside are stone flags and a stone bolection moulded fireplace in the hall, a contemporary staircase with turned balusters, 2 bolection moulded pine fireplaces and an inglenook. One of the fireplaces has probably early C18 paintwork : red marbling, now worn, and small panels of plants and birds in gold. Over the doorway is a stone tablet inscribed with 'G' over 'I.M. Anno Domi 1709', probably for John and Mary Goodman. V.C.H., Vol. V.

Listing NGR: SP7995092793