Description

HORSFORTH STATION ROAD SE 23 NW LS 18 (north side) 8/153 Station House, with - Horsforth Pottery and barn (both attached) - II

Farmhouse with attached barn and cottage, subsequently station master's house, now house and workshop. Barn late C17, house early to mid C18 enlarged in C19, cottage mid to later C18. Mostly coursed squared sandstone with some quoins, roofs of slate and stone slate. Linear 3-unit 2-storey farmhouse added at east end of 3-bay barn, right-hand front outshut of barn replaced with one-unit 2-storey cottage; 2nd and 3rd units of farmhouse raised to 3 storeys. From left (west) to right (east) as follows:-

Barn of large coursed rubble with quoins, stone slate roof, U-plan, 3 units with front outshut to 1st unit, recessed porch to centre (later lean-to addition to porch not included in the item), lintel of re-used timbers and harr-hung batten-and-board double doors.

Cottage now embraced by barn (in place of 2nd outshut), of coursed squared sandstone with stone slate roof,2 storeys, has doorway to left, one window on each floor, both of 2-lights with flat-faced mullions and 12-pane sashes; and chimney at right-hand gable.

House, partly overlapped by cottage, of matching masonry with large quoins at ground and lst floors, C19 masonry at 2nd floor, with roof of stone slate (1st bay) and Welsh slate (higher part); 1st bay of 2 low storeys has a 16-pane boxed sashed window at ground floor, a 3-light flat-faced mullion window above , with sashed centre and 8 panes to each light; 2nd and 3rd bays, 3-storeyed, with added top storey almost equal in height to the first two storeys, has a blocked former doorway to each bay (first altered as window, with horizontal sliding sash), a large modern window inserted between these; 3 windows at 1st floor (1, 2 and 2 lights) and 2 matching 2-light windows at 2nd floor; chimney at left gable. Side and rear of less interest with various C19 additions to rear including 2-storey rear wing; a quoined vertical joint to barn at junction with house; altered rear doorway to barn. Attached at right-angles to rear of 1st bay of barn is a single-storey wing which may have been a stable; but is of less interest.

Interior: barn has 2 king post roof trusses, one with curved principals, and both with longitudinal bracing to the ridge; house has at least one chamfered spine-beam; otherwise altered or remodelled.

History: 1st floor of house said to have been weaving shop.

Listing NGR: SE2439939064

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