1A 1B And 2, Broughton Fold

A house or workshop, now comprising two flats and a house, was built in 1754 and converted in the 20th century. The building is constructed of coursed gritstone rubble with a graduated stone slate roof. It is divided into three bays, with the left two bays rising to three storeys and the right bay reduced to two storeys. A recessed bay on the far right is not of particular interest. Quoins are present. The three-storey portion features a 20th-century central door within a chamfered surround of sawn stone, flanked by three-light windows with slightly recessed flat-faced mullions. Similar windows are present on the first floor. An inserted square window is located above the door, and a reset datestone with raised lettering "I M 1754" is positioned on the far left. The two-storey section to the right, known as Broughton Cottage, has a 20th-century stable door in a sawn stone surround to the right, along with three-light flat-faced mullion windows to the left on both the ground and first floors. A rectangular window sits above the door. Stone gutter brackets are present on both sections, with end stacks to the three-storey building; the stack on the right also serves the two-storey house. The left bay has had the ground floor cut away, with the upper storey being supported by a cast-iron beam. The reset datestone was likely originally positioned above the main entrance and removed when a corner of the building was demolished to allow vehicular access to the Fold. The interior was not inspected during resurvey. The building is historically significant, reflecting economic changes in the mid-18th century when miners arrived to work the lead mining fields beyond Yarnbury. It may have been built as a speculative venture, intended to house multiple families and potentially incorporating workshop or storage facilities.