Sunday, 28 September 2014
Day 28, Broadclough Farm House, circa 1697.
Built in 1697 This is the farm house for the Broadclough farm featured earlier in the postings. Built with local stone and now fully modernised, this was situated on the main pack horse trail from Burnley and Rochdale eventually going to Manchester. The farmer would lease the farm from the land owner and be the main supplier of meat and eggs to the local market about half a mile down the road. He would also employ agricultural labourers on a seasonal basis or when required. Crop farming was never high on the agenda but an amount would be grown for own use and local use, though most people would have a small cottage garden to supplement their diet. The weather is too cold for a good crop yield due to the height above sea level, about 1500 feet.
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I see the side of the house and those across the street seem to have a fair bit of staining in the rocks and I wonder if it was from some sort of vine such as ivy growing up the walls. I just keep on thinking how pretty they must be with foliage climbing up the sides and the facades. Must be pretty.
ReplyDeleteGood guess Maggie, The lighter colour on the side of the main house is from where the chimneys used to be, The Staining towards the front of the house goes from the side of the downstairs window straight up to second level and then inclines to the centre of the roof. there would have been a fireplace next to the window downstairs and one directly above in the upstairs room sharing a chimney on the way up. The staining to the rear of the house appears to start from the upstairs room but most likely from a downstairs room at the rear and would run almost parallel to the other to a chimney on the roof, these have been removed at some point in the past. Like the chimney on the house in the background they would have had a chimney with four pots atop. All these houses would have been blackened from the air pollution of the industrial revolution and have been cleaned at some point. The heat from the fire would cause the patchy staining on the walls. You can often see on these old houses where the chimneys are or where they have been.
Deletegood guess but wrong guess.. LOL!
ReplyDeleteIt's a very nice corner house. The little steps on the side are pretty cute as well.
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