Description

SOWERBY BRIDGE NEW LONGLEY LANE
SE 0422 & SE 0522;
SE 0421 & SE 0521 (west side)
15/141 & 18/141 Nos 1-16 (consec) New
Longley and attached
- outhouse range
- II
Row of 16 weavers' cottages and attached outhouse range. Late C18 (dated 1797)
and early C19, of several builds built up from west to east. Coursed squared
stone, stone slate roofs. L-shaped cottage range, No 1 in the right gable of the
long range, Nos 15 and 16 forming the short-wing projecting on left, with single-
storey outhouse range extending leftwards. Cottages. 2 and 3 storeys with
cellars, each cottage 1 bay. Openings have plain stone surrounds, windows with
flat-faced mullions. Nos 15 and 16, the earliest cottages: 2 storeys; 2 doorways
flank a 3-light window with inserted window to right and two 3-light windows
above; plaque over door of No 15 inscribed 'New Longley 1797'; stack to right end
of each. Nos 13 and 14: 2 storeys; each has door to outside of 2-light window on
each floor, No 13 with C20 wood and glass porch, No 14 with window inserted above
door; shaped gutter brackets; stack to right end of each. Nos 9-12: 4 paired
3-storey cottages, each pair with paired central doors flanked by 3-light windows
on each floor, mullions removed from all except blocked 2nd-floor window of No 10;
Nos 11 and 12 share blocked taking-in door to centre of 2nd floor; plain gutter
brackets; ridge stack to centre of each pair. Nos 7 and 6: 3 storeys; each has
door to outside of 3-light window on each floor, mullions removed; end stacks.
Nos 2-5: 4 paired, 2-storey cottages, each pair with door to outside of 2-light
window on each floor, mullions removed from windows of Nos 2 and 5, inserted lst-
floor windows to Nos 3 and 5; c1975 porches and C19 coal holes to Nos 3 and 4;
stacks to centre of each pair. Rear: various single-light openings to cellars,
and some 2- and 3-light windows. Right return: No 1, on right, has doorway to
right of inserted window and blocked 2-light window above. Outhouse range on left
has various door and window openings with plain stone surrounds and pent roof.

Listing NGR: SE0534022039

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26427868

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)