The Walnut Tree Cottage

RAMSDEN HIGH STREET SP3515 (North-east side) 18/88 The Walnut Tree Cottage

GV II

House. C17 and early C19, with alterations of c.1930. Coursed limestone rubble; the early C19 range faced with dressed limestone, almost of ashlar quality. Stone slate roofs. One-unit plan with 2-unit addition to left. One storey and attic with addition of storeys and gable-lit attic. Right-hand part: external stone end stack to right with lean-to roof over bread oven at base and brick top stage. Central gabled dormer with 3-light leaded wooden casement. Two-window front; 2- and 3-light C20 leaded wooden casements. The left-hand window was formerly a doorway (see straight joints). Wing to rear. Left-hand part: central brick ridge stack. Two first-floor windows and 3 ground-floor windows; 2-light leaded metal casements to left and glazing bar sashes to right (one boxed), all with stone cills and flat stone-arched heads. Mid-C20 half-glazed door to left with C20 porch. Left-hand gable end: external stone steps up to first-floor C20 half-glazed door with wooden lintel. Two-light leaded metal attic casement above with C20 wooden lintel. Interior: right-hand C17 part with chamfered spine beam, open fireplace with chamfered wooden lintel and evidence of former stud wall marking cross passage to left (see mortices in ceiling beam). The left-hand end of the early C19 block was probably formerly a stable with loft above, and brought into domestic use c.1930.

Listing NGR: SP3523115431