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Description: Kilnhurst Farmhouse and attached Kilnhurst House

Address: Kilnhurst Old Hall And Higher Kilnhurst Farm Kilnhurst Road Todmorden Calderdale OL14 6AX

Grade: II

Group detail: Kilnhurst Road

Full description:
(formerly listed as "Kilnhurst", Kilnhurst Road) 2 attached houses. The farmhouse, mid C17 has late C19 single storey addition. Kilnhurst House is later C17 or early C18 with additions of 1728 and 1766. Large dressed stone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys. The south front is formed of 2 separate ranges. Kilnhurst House to the left and the farmhouse which breaks forward to the right. Reads: all are double chamfered mullioned windows to ground floor, chamfered mullioned to 1st floor. 3-room plan. 5-light window (lacking 3 mullions, opened to doorway), with 4-light window over. 3-light window to housebody with same over. 4-light (possibly fire-window) to housebody with 3-light over. 5-light parlour window with 3-light over. Coped gable to left hand end with kneelers and stack. One other large square stack of mid C18, at junction of housebody and parlour. The farmhouse breaks forward. In the return wall is roofline of earlier single-aisled timber-framed hall with stylobat attached in line with front wall. Carried over the recess for slates are 3 corbels with single light set between. The farmhouse range reads coped gables with kneelers and stacks. 2 cells. All are double chamfered mullioned and transomed windows with continuous stepped hoodmould over ground floor windows. 10-light window with 8-light window over. 10-light (housebody) window with 8-light window over. 8-light former fire-window. C19 extension breaks forward. Moulded coping and stone gutter. Large doorway with monolithic jambs and chamfered surround. 2 large windows with chamfered surround. Right hand return wall has extruded stack with coupled diamond set flues. Attached to left hand return wall (of House) is 2-storey single cell extension with semi-circular arched taking-in door with raised impost and keystone inscribed K T G 1766 approached up flight of broad steps. The north gable has double chamfered mullioned window of 5 lights (the central light sashed) with same over. Rear of house has gabled porch with plinth, copings and kneelers; apex has base for finial. Doorway has chamfered surround, the lintel inscribed W S 1748 set within a tressure. Open porch with stone seats. Similar door entry to forms a baffle entry against heck. Over porch 3-light window. To left 4-light window with 3-light over. To right cross-window (lacking mullions). Rear of farmhouse has 2-light flat faced mullioned windows, C20. Interior of house has oak panelled division wall between western room and also to firescreen of board-and-muntin type with readed edges. Close strung stair with paired turned-balusters and barrel-tunnel newel. Division wall between western rooms and housebody of large single stones which jetty out to head to carry spine beams and double thickness wall at first floor. This wall has 2 Tudor arched doorways with sunken spandrels and roll moulding. Convex moulded head to wall. Fireplace has segmental arch carried on corbelled jambs with cyma moulded surround. Carved oak salt cupboard. Queen strut truss with diagonally set ridge. Farmhouse has identical division wall and truss. It is possible that the trusses are re-used and are C16.