Postcard. Handwritten note on bottom of postcard says 'oft have I wandered here in solitude, and gazed with rapture, upon the glorious surroundings - Chas (?)
Laithe-house, mid C18, roof raised and cell added to house early to mid C19. Hammer dressed stone, stone slate roof. North east front mostly C19. Barn to left has semi-circular arched cart entry with simple Venetian window over. To left…
Laithe-house, mid C18, roof raised and cell added to house early to mid C19. Hammer dressed stone, stone slate roof. North east front mostly C19. Barn to left has semi-circular arched cart entry with simple Venetian window over. To left…
House, early C18. Hammer-dressed stone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys. 3-room front. Each room has double chamfered mullioned window of 5 lights with same over to 1st floor only with single chamfer. Some lack mullions. Doorway set in 3rd…
Laithe-house, probably late C18. Hammer-dressed stone (watershot), stone slate roof. C17 in character retaining chamfered mullioned windows. Doorway with monolithic jambs, with 4-light windows to either side. 1st floor has 5 windows of 2…
JACK BRIDGE is a stone bridge of one arch towards the upper end of the Colden Valley carrying the Burnley Road over the Colden, the old road to Burnley via Blackshawhead
Jean Forrest Recalls
Jack Bridge Mill was built in 1861 as a steam powered spinning mill with twin Lancashire boilers and a beam engine, all buildings being on one level. In 1862 a large weaving shed was added, at that time the largest in the valley…
Postcard, published by Lilywhite Ltd, Brighouse. Colden School is on the left hand side. The row of cottages in the foreground on the right are called High Street. Towards the left at the top of the picture is Highgate Chapel.
At the top of Colden Clough was Jack Bridge Mill. Production at the mill ceased early 20th century but it wasn't demolished until many years later. Colden School is to the left of the road. On the left of the picture you can just make out Broadstone…
In the 1960's before Moderna Blankets a company called D.E.Stuttard Ltd made oil fired boilers called 'Desomatic'. R Thomas 01422 846392 as a brass plate which was attached to the boilers. Ref: 037.
Pair of cottages early C19 attached to barn early C17. Hammer-dressed stone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys, with the barn which breaks forward it forms an L-shape. Quoins. 2 cells each with flat faced mullioned window with slightly…