Brackencliffe

Brackencliffe is a large house, now converted into flats, dating to 1905. It was designed by Walter H. Brierley for W Glainsby, and is built in the Arts and Crafts Tudor style. The house is constructed of brick with ashlar dressings and has plain tile roofs, along with three ridge and two gable stacks, one of which has been reduced.

The west, or entrance front, features a slightly projecting gabled entrance wing. The doorway is set within a 4-centred arched, moulded ashlar surround, with original double doors to the right. To the left of the entrance is a five-light mullion window. Above this is a single five-light mullion window, with the central light blocked and inscribed "M.G. 1905 W.G.". A rendered gable sits above this window. Further to the left are two inglenook casements on each floor, topped by a crow-stepped gable with a stack. To the right is a service wing with four, three-light wooden cross casement windows on the ground floor and a single-light, a two-light, a three-light, and a four-light wooden casement windows above.

The north front has a recessed centre with a large seven-light cross mullion window. A plank door is located in the lower right-hand lights. Above the central window is a five-light mullion window, and above that, a three-light window with a broad central light and a segmental head. A projecting gable to the left features a large, two-storey canted window with five, two-light cross mullion windows below and five, two-light mullion windows above, topped by a brick-coped parapet. A further projecting wing on the right has a shallow, two-storey canted bay window containing five-light cross mullion windows on each floor, and a continuous brick-coped parapet.

The east front has a recessed centre featuring a three-arched loggia over a single five-light cross mullion window, and a two-light mullion window to the right. A six-light wooden dormer window with a flat roof is situated above, alongside a projecting gabled wing with a five-light cross mullion window and a three-light mullion window with a broad centre light and segmental head. A broader projecting gabled wing to the left has a large seven-light cross mullion window and a five-light mullion window above.

Inside, the original staircase remains, with three flights of bulbous turned balusters, square newels, and a moulded handrail. The hall retains its original inner screen and door, a panel door, and a plaster barrel vault ceiling. A north-west ground floor room has a panelled inglenook with benches and Delft tiles, a beamed ceiling, and window seats. A north-east ground floor room features a stone fireplace and a decorative plaster ceiling, partially obscured by partition walls. Most original doors, windows, and window seats have survived.