Description

This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 12/03/2018

SD 71 NW; 7/94

TURTON (off) BOLTON ROAD,
Edgworth

Nos. 1 and 2 Brandwood Fold

(formerly listed as Brandwood Fold (now No. 1 and No. 2 Brandwood Fold))

27.01.1967

GV

II*

Large farmhouse, C17; now two dwellings. Coursed sandstone rubble with
quoins, stone slate roof with two small chimneys on the ridge (one of
these at junction of 2nd and 3rd bays), another at left gable, and
external chimney stack at left end. U-shaped 3-bay through-passage plan,
with projecting crosswings, the roof carried down over them, and large
rear outshut to the middle bay under a catslide roof. Two storeys.
Front, which faces the Fold to the south, has a moulded eaves cornice
to the projecting wings carried horizontally round the re-entrant.
walls of the middle bay; right wing incorporates in its left side a
porch which has a large Tudor-arched moulded doorway with a massive lintel,
and a studded inner door; left wing has an inserted door; each bay has one
double-chamfered stone-mullion window on each floor, the lower with
hoodmoulds: 6 and 5 lights in the left wing, 14 lights (transomed) and
3 lights in the centre, 5 and 5 lights in the right wing. Rear has some
similar windows, a 1st-floor door to the side of the outshut, and
in the 3rd bay a large Tudor-arched doorway and a later stairlight
cross window above that. INTERIOR: through passage behind main
chimney stack (now with staircase at rear end); in 2nd bay an inglenook
with wattle-and-daub heck incorporating also a flagstone, and a
bressummer which appears to be a re-used wall plate; chamfered beams in
1st and 2nd bays, with remains of painted foliated decoration on the
chamfers; timber-framed partition in left wing.

History: a plaque on
the right gable records that Sir Thomas Barlow, 1845-1945, Royal Physician
to Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, and King George V, was born here.

Listing NGR: SD7402216378

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17534147

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Recommended Books

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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)