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Description: Lillands Farmhouse

Address: Lillands Farm 2/4 Lillands Lane Brighouse West Yorkshire HD6 3BR

Grade: II

Group detail: Lillands Lane

Full description:
House. Dated 1741. Thin coursed hammer-dressed stone, stone slate roof. Hall and cross-wing plan. L-shaped to the south front. F-shaped to the north with added kitchen wing. 2 storeys. 3 room south front of 3 bays. 1st bay is gabled cross-wing which has double framed chamfered mullioned window with square reveals of 5 lights, formerly with hoodmould. Over was similar window altered in the late C18 or early C19 to 2 large 12 pane sash windows with plain stone surrounds. Bays 2 and 3 have slightly recessed flat faced thin mullioned windows of 4 lights to each floor. Between is doorway with square-headed lintel decoratively inscribed with date. One finely dressed stack at junction of crosswing and to right hand gable to which is attached a 2 cell building of earlier date, (possibly mid C16), which features diamond set wooden mullioned windows of 3-lights visible from the interior only, to both floors, and a fireplace with Tudor arched lintel and finely carved rosette spandrels. Left hand return wall of cross-wing has flat faced mullioned window of 5 lights with 4-light over. 2 block windows survive to 1st floor. Extruded gable stack. Gable to rear kitchen wing has quoins and slightly recessed flat faced thin mullioned windows of 5 lights to each floor. Attached single storey gabled outshot has entrance doorway with tie stones 3-light chamfered mullioned window with square reveals. Interior: Cross-wing has late C18 fireplace to Georgianized 1st floor south front room with ovolo moulded surround and pulvinated frieze. Kitchen wing has panelled screen of deal formed of large panels.