Title
Eastwood Old Hall, Eastwood Lane, Todmorden
Identifier
TAS01449
Description
G.V. IIHouse. Mid C18. Watershot masonry, ashlar quoins, stone slate roof. 2 storeys. Double pile on plan. All are double chamfered mullioned windows. 2-room front. 8-light window with king mullion. Over is 9-light window with king mullion. Slightly off centre door with shouldered architrave, pulvinated frieze and triangular pediment, deeply moulded, with sunken tympanum. Over is window with shouldered architrave, pulvinated frieze, cornice and raised keystone. 4-light window with same over. Cornice. Coped gables with moulded kneelers. 2 stacks to gable ends. Barn set back from main range. Return wall of house has elliptical window at eaves level. Barn has segmental arch on skewbacks, composite jambs with tie-stone. Keystone incribed ‘TME 1767’ for Thomas Manley Eastwood. Right hand mistal doorway has tie-stones and chamfered surround. Over arch is former Venetian window broken through to form pitching door. Elliptical ventilator over. Under eaves to left hand end is 4-light chamfered window (solid) to former servants quarter. Left hand return wall of 3 storeys. All are chamfered mullioned windows. That to ground floor of 4 lights inscribed DAIRY. 5-light window to lst floor. 3-light window to 2nd floor. Columbarium to apex. Moulded copings. Rear of barn has semi-circular arched doorway with tie-stones. Rear of house built into hillside and has entry to lst floor, doorway with tie-stones (blocked) and long 12-light chamfered mullioned window. This rear room may have been a shop connected with textile manufacture. 2 stacks to gables.List Entry No. 1279454NGR: SD96214 25829
Date Created
[n.d.]
Rights
Pennine Heritage Digital Archive courtesy of Todmorden Antiquarian Society
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Please cite as: Pennine Heritage Digital Archive, Eastwood Old Hall, Eastwood Lane, Todmorden, [n.d.], TAS01449