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Description: Nos. 55 and 57 (formerly listed as Old Earth Farmhouse)

Address: 95 - 97 Elland Lane (odd) Elland Calderdale

Grade: II

Group detail: Elland Lane (north side)

Full description:
House, dated 1700 with stone walls (rendered), stone slate roof, coped gables with kneelers and finials. 2 storeys. It has a linear plan of 3 cells with an outshut at the rear. The south front is rendered. The fenestration survives virtually intact. All windows have recessed, splayed mullions with square reveals. The central hall window is of 6 lights and is flanked by windows of 5 lights with the same at first floor level. A square section hoodmould runs over the ground windows and rises to include the lintel of the main doorway. The doorway has chamfered jambs and a four-centred head, and the lintel has a decorative panel with the initials TB and the date 1700 enclosed within an oval. The door opens into the housebody at the opposite end to the fireplace which has a four-centred head and a chamfered surround. The parlour is at the west end approached through the housebody. The eastern room has a fireplace on the gable wall contained within an extruded stack. At the rear of the house is an outshut now garages. Rear appears to be rebuilt mid C20.