Description

SADDLEWORTH LEE SIDE
SE 00 NW (east side)
Lee Cross
4/196 Fairbanks
Farmhouse and
- Cottages
G.V. II
House and 2 cottages. Early/mid C18. Hammer-dressed
watershot stone with graduated stone slate roof. Double-
depth house of 3 storeys and 3 bays with a 3-bay 3-storey
wing to rear left of late C18 date. Blocked door between
bays 1 and 2 with dressed surround. 4, 4 and 6-light ground
floor windows, three 4-light first floor windows and 3, 3
and 4-light second floor windows. All have recessed cavetto-
moulded stone mullion windows. The top storey appears to
have been added, probably in the late C18, and reuses
earlier windows. 3 rendered ridge chimney stacks. Square-cut
door surround to right gable. The wing to rear, itself built
in 2 phases, generally has a 3-light recessed flat-faced
stone mullion window to each bay on each floor. Some windows
retain the original leaded panes. Bulletin of the
Saddleworth Historical Society, Vol.2, No.3, 1972.

Listing NGR: SE0081407473

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26639049

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)