Brae House And Attached Barn Range

THRUSCROSS WHIT MOOR ROAD SE 15 NW (west side, off) Bramley Head 12/169 Brae House and attached barn range

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House and barn range. House dated 1771, barn late C18 - early C19. Coursed squared gritstone, graduated stone slate roof. A long range built up a hill slope, the house being at the downhill end; house (right) of 2-storeys and 2 bays, with added 1-storey bay to right. A bay to the left of the house links with the 5-bay barn which is at a higher level than the house; single- storey, 2-bay stable and cart-shed far left. House facade: plinth and quoins; central door in quoined surpound with lintel inscribed, 'H:I', the I 1771 written in lower case. Flanking windows, both floors: 3-light, flat-faced mullioned, each having 1 mullion removed and a square 4-pane sash inserted. Plain stone surrounds. Shaped kneeler and gable coping right; banded end stacks. Bay to right: board door with tie-stone jambs left, 2-light flat- faced mullion window with 6-pane sashes to right; inturned kneeler, gable coping and stack, right. Linking bay to left of house: double board doors. Barn to left again: central segmental arch, byre doors far left and far right with tie-stone jambs; added front bay not of special interest; shaped kneelers, gable coping. Stable and cart-shed far left: double board doors left, board door to gable right, 9-pane sash in stone surround centre. The house stands in one of the more remote parts of the parish and is an unusual dated example of an C18 house built when Thruscross Moor was first enclosed.

Listing NGR: SE1232858159