Description

SJ 97 NE RAINOW C.P. SALTERSFORD

3/151 Summerclose Farmhouse
and attached barn

II

Farmhouse and attached barn: dated 1755. Washed coursed squared buff
sandstone rubble, Kerridge stone-slate roof, stone ridge and 2 stone
chimneys. 2-storey, 3-bay front to house. Left end bay has 4-light
chamfered stone-mullion windows. Right end bay has similar 3-light
windows. Central bay has board door under rough stone lintel and date
plaque reading JAB (for John Brocklehurst) 1755 above. To rear is a
continuous outshut.
Interior: Has a room to either side of central former passage with
crude wooden spiral staircase in outshut. Chamfered ceiling beams
with flat stops. In parlour fixed cupboards with re-used C17
panelling for doors and a 3-board door with iron-strap hinges.

To left is corn barn: mid C18 with roof raised and outshuts added
early C20. Central cart entrance with wooden lintel and projecting
rubble band above. Line of ventilation slots to the sides. Later
rectangular openings.
Interior: Roof trusses of tiebeam and collar, one with short diagonal
struts.

A complete example of a building of C18 plan but using C17 style
features as late as 1755. Compare with Lima Farmhouse and Lowerbrook
farmhouse, Rainow (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SJ9805977850

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26430107

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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)