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Title: The Porch at Old Bent Head, Littleborough - PNH00214
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Title
The Porch at Old Bent Head, Littleborough - PNH00214
Description
SD 91 NW LITTLEBOROUGH HALIFAX ROAD
(north-west side)
1/28 Old Bent House
and Bent House
Farmhouse
(formerly listed
2/1/67 as Old Bent House)
G.V. II*
House. "IMS 1691" (John and Mary Scott) on door and porch lintels but with C19 and C20 additions. Hammer-dressed stone with graduated stone slate roof. 3-unit double-depth plan with 4 bays and 2 storeys. Quoins and projecting plinth. Single-storey porch has moulded door surround, segmental-arched lintel, enriched spandrels and date
inscribed above, and a parapet which forms a crude but classically derived entablature. Three 6-light ground floor windows have double-chamfered mullions and hoodmoulds. 4,
4, 2 and 4-light chamfered windows on first floor. Many windows retain original leaded lights and vertical iron bar. Coped gables with kneelers. Chimneys have moulded bands.
2, 3 and 4-light mullioned windows and later sash windows to sides and rear. Later additions to left, later porch to right and a single storey early C18 addition to rear right.
Interior: the rear right room (kitchen) has a gable-end door of studded oak with the initials IS carved on it. The room is sheltered by a plank and muntin screen and as well as a
C17 well cupboard with carved doors and butterfly hinges has a bolection-moulded fire surround with coved cornice mantel.
First floor cupboard with H-hinges and "MS 1692" carved at head. A well-preserved house retaining many of its original fittings. The double-depth plan is of a particularly early
date for the house of yeoman farmer. W.J. Smith, "A Place in History", Pennine Magazine, Vol.6, No.3.
(north-west side)
1/28 Old Bent House
and Bent House
Farmhouse
(formerly listed
2/1/67 as Old Bent House)
G.V. II*
House. "IMS 1691" (John and Mary Scott) on door and porch lintels but with C19 and C20 additions. Hammer-dressed stone with graduated stone slate roof. 3-unit double-depth plan with 4 bays and 2 storeys. Quoins and projecting plinth. Single-storey porch has moulded door surround, segmental-arched lintel, enriched spandrels and date
inscribed above, and a parapet which forms a crude but classically derived entablature. Three 6-light ground floor windows have double-chamfered mullions and hoodmoulds. 4,
4, 2 and 4-light chamfered windows on first floor. Many windows retain original leaded lights and vertical iron bar. Coped gables with kneelers. Chimneys have moulded bands.
2, 3 and 4-light mullioned windows and later sash windows to sides and rear. Later additions to left, later porch to right and a single storey early C18 addition to rear right.
Interior: the rear right room (kitchen) has a gable-end door of studded oak with the initials IS carved on it. The room is sheltered by a plank and muntin screen and as well as a
C17 well cupboard with carved doors and butterfly hinges has a bolection-moulded fire surround with coved cornice mantel.
First floor cupboard with H-hinges and "MS 1692" carved at head. A well-preserved house retaining many of its original fittings. The double-depth plan is of a particularly early
date for the house of yeoman farmer. W.J. Smith, "A Place in History", Pennine Magazine, Vol.6, No.3.
Creator
W.J. Smith, Alkrington
Source
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Date
1980
Rights
PHDA - Pennine Heritage Collection
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
PNH00214.tif
Collection
Citation
W.J. Smith, Alkrington, “The Porch at Old Bent Head, Littleborough - PNH00214,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 19, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/23985.
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