Inchfield House incorporating Cruck Cottage ... - Ryburne & Co

Cruck Cottage
KITCHEN 5.46m x 3.79m
Attractive glazed barn Entrance with Door and window to
front. Quarry tiled floor. Beamed ceiling. Mullion windows to
rear. Radiator. Range of country pine base, wall units and
display shelves. Butler sink. ‘Beko’ double oven/stove. Built in
fridge and freezer. Leaded lights in old stable partition.
Staircase access to First Floor Bathroom.
BATHROOM 5.30m x 3.89m
incorporating important rare cruck and beams.
White Victorian style freestanding bath with ball and claw
feet, wash hand basin, w.c. and bidet. Windows to front and
side. ‘Worcester 2.8i’ Combination boiler. Pine floor. Radiator.
Heated towel rail. Metal balustrade.
From Kitchen via Front Hallway and door to...
SITTING ROOM 5.08m x 4.41m (less 2.20m x 1.08m)
Two windows to rear and one window to front. Window seat.
Cast iron range and stove. Beamed ceiling. Wall cupboards.
Radiator. Flagged stone floor.
DINING ROOM 3.45m x 2.59m
window to front. Original ‘slop-stone’ with water hand pump
(not connected). Beamed ceiling. Stone flagged floor. Radiator
BEDROOM ONE 5.59m x 4.00m
Rare oak cruck beams. Windows to front and rear. Pine floor.
Radiator. Balustrade made from old weaving shuttles.
BEDROOM TWO 5.32m x 3.15m
Windows to front and rear. Oak cruck beams. Pine floor. Radiator.
Kitchen
Dining Room
Bathroom
Sitting Room
Description: Cottage attached to the east of Inchfield House
Address: Crook Cottage Inchfield Road Walsden Todmorden
OL14 7QW
Grade: II
Group detail: Inchfield Road (north side)
Full description:
Bedroom Two
(Formerly listed as Inchfield House under Peel Cottage Road,
Walsden) Cruck framed house mid C16 in coursed rubble now
forming garage and store room. 1 and a half storeys. Attached
to left-hand end is 2-storey added cell early C18 in thin coursed
stone with ashlar quoins. Attached is mid C19 7-bay 2-storey house
in watershot masonry of no interest. All have stone slate roofs. The
1 and a half storey house is of 4 bays and has older walling to the
ground floor with C19 stonework replacing 1st floor timber framing.
One post survives above the inserted garage door in 4th bay.
1st 2 bays have openings for sash windows. The 3rd bay has door
entry with timber lintel and jambs over which is carried a deeper
beam set in the wall with a projecting slate hood over. Above
this is a small window just below the eaves. This doorway opens
against a chimney with well-dressed stack to ridge probably mid
C17. Apex to gable has crocketed finial of unusual pattern. Right
hand return wall has sash window in gable with plain stone surround.
Rear has quoins and 3 timber posts pegged to wall plate
with, as at front, rubble stone to ground floor and thin coursed
stone to 1st floor. One 2-light double chamfered mullioned window
with slate hood survives to right end with a 2-light chamfered
window. Under eaves is long horizontal sliding sash window and
one other sash in 2nd bay. Large stylobats are also visible in the
wall for the 2 central trusses. The attached cottage rises half a
storey higher and has double chamfered mullioned window of 3
lights (one mullion removed), modern glazing. C19 doorway has
stubby open porch in punch-dressed stone. Interior preserves 4
pairs of crucks forming 3 bays. They stand on stylobats and have
collars and stop chamfered tie beams (some cut through). A very
rare and important survival in this region.