Listed Building: BRADLEGH OLD HALL (1230620)

SJ 59 SE BURTONWOOD C.P. BRADLEY LANE 1/5 Bradlegh Old Hall 4/12/1951 GV II Farmhouse with late C16 (and possibly earlier) features, but cased in brick late C18. Brown brick (Flemish bond to front) on sandstone plinth with flush stone quoins. East gable wall and rear are pebbledashed, west gable wall slate-hung. Stone-slate roof with coped gables. 2 storeys plus attics,3 windows. 4-pane flush sashes with wedge lintels and plain cills of painted sandstone. Door of 3 oak boards on probably C17 ornate wrought iron hinges, the lower one decayed. 3 hipped dormers contain 4-pane sashes. Flush gable chimneys. Rear wing of similar character to main wing; single-storey brick leanto against west gable. Interior. Right and left front parlours have altered inglenooks, stop-chamfered beams and doors of 3 oak boards - that to right parlour is on good wrought iron hinges. Early C18 oak stair to 2nd storey and attics has 2 turned balusters per step. Painted 8-panelled oak doors in 2nd storey. In rear right bedroom is a probably C16 deeply moulded reused oak beam. On front purlin in left attic is carved in raised lettering MAISTER DOTH AND MISTRESS BOTH ACCORDE WITH GODLY MINDES AND ZEALOUS HARTES TO SERVE THE LIVING LORDE. ANNO 1597. HENRY WESLEY. Listing NGR: SJ5715793857