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Description: Middle Bottomley

Address: Fielden Barn Farm Bottomley Road Walsden Todmorden West Yorkshire OL14 6QZ

Grade: II

Group detail: Bottomley Road

Full description:
Mid C17 house and attached barn dated 1784. Hammer-dressed stone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys. Left end is barn with semi-circular arched cart entry over which is datestone with initials 'B, I F'. Inserted windows in keeping to form dwelling. 2-cell house originally gable entry now covered by barn. Double chamfered 2-light fire window now forms doorway. Double chamfered mullioned window of 5 lights (lacking 2 mullions) with hoodmould. Over is chamfered 6-light window which retains 2 king mullions. At right end is 5-light double chamfered mullioned window partly broken into to form doorway in C19. Over is chamfered mullioned window of 4 lights (2 mullions removed). 2 original gable stacks to ridge with added stack to barn mid C20. Interior: Housebody retains stop chamfered spine beams with scarf joints on line of former bressumer. Interior division wall between housebody and parlour of large single stone slabs splayed out to take spine beams has 2 doorways with simple chamfered surround. Parlour has groove to soffit of spine beam for internal board and muntin division wall and 2-light double chamfered mullioned window. Rear is extended to form double pile, with watershot masonry late C18 or early C19 probably contemporary with the barn.