Ladywell Cottage

THRESHFIELD LINTON ROAD SD 9863-9963 (east side) 9/106 Ladywell Cottage 10.9.54 GV II Small house. Early - mid C17. Gritstone rubble, Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys with attic, 2x1 bays. Quoins. Entrance into single-storey C20 range to left, not of special interest. West front: 4-light window with recessed chamfered straight-cut mullions to ground floor, a 3-and 2-light window to first floor with hollow mouldings to mullions, all have hoodmoulds. End stack left; weathered kneelers with gable coping to right. Rear: single-storey added range has C19 glazed door and a square chamfered window to left. Left return: slates indicate the wall line and pitch of an earlier range, now demolished. Right return: recessed chamfered mullion windows of 4, 3 and 2 lights, one to each floor; the first-floor window has a tall central light; all have hoodmoulds. Interior not inspected at resurvey. The house stands near the site of a spring known as Our Lady's Well, a few yards from the river. Water from it was said to strengthen weak eyes and remove evil spirits. The formerly adjoining steep-roofed building was probably cruck-built, and the existing bay added to it in the C17. A. Speight, Upper Wharfedale 1900, p444.

Listing NGR: SD9978563813