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Description: Swineshead and Swineshead Cottage

Address: Swineshead Cottage Lumbutts Road Todmorden Calderdale OL14 6JW

Grade: II

Group detail: Lumbutts Road (north side)

Full description:
House, now forming 2 occupied dwellings. House of mid C17 with raised roofline and rebuilt early to mid C18. South front of 2 storeys with 3-room plan. Reads: cottage has C17 masonry and double chamfered mullioned windows of 6 lights to each floor (each lacking some mullions). All are double chamfered mullioned windows to Swineshead. 7-light window with 6-light window over. Doorway with semi-circular arched head has projecting moulded hood, imposts, consoles, monolithic jambs. Over is sashed window with plain stone surround and projecting sill. 5-light window with 4-light window over. Band, moulded gutter brackets with convex moulded stone gutter. 2 gable stacks and one other. Right hand return wall has arch light with sunken spandrels. 3-light flat faced mullioned window with 2-light over with 3-light double chamfered mullioned window to attic. 1st floor has taking-in door. Attached is single storey added cell with 6-light chamfered mullioned window. Rear of main range has tall stair window formerly of 6 lights of same character as that to Higher Longfield Farm (Rough Side Lane q.v.). Rear of 1st cell has double chamfered mullioned windows of 5 lights with 4-light over. Attic window added when roof was raised of 4 lights.