Lowerhouses Lane, Huddersfield, HD5

An attractive stone built and stone slated double fronted former weaver's cottage built at some time between 1765 and 1798. The property has interesting stone features including mullion windows and stone quoins.

Lowerhouses Lane, Lowerhouses, HD5

An attractive stone built and stone slated double fronted former weaver's cottage built at some time between 1765 and 1798. The property has interesting stone features including mullion windows and stone quoins. There are solid oak beams supporting the first floor. There is also a useful keeping cellar which was clearly designed as a storage area for produce.



It is believed that the cottage was modified after the passing of the William Pitt Light Tax Legislation in the very early 19th century as the rear elevation clearly shows where windows were filled in. Contemporary maps in the Huddersfield public library local history section show that it was built as part of the Ramsden Estate, maps of the estate in 1798 show the cottage as a detached property.



The Ramsden Estate was a large concern and based at Longley Hall, situated just up Lowerhouses Lane. However the whole estate was acquired by the Huddersfield Corporation in 1924 and the cottage was then administered from the Town Hall. The property was designed as a weavers cottage and the north-south alignment means that the morning sun lights the front of the cottage whilst the back of the property gets the afternoon sunlight.



There are records which show that the cottage was a Quaker meeting house at sometime in the early 19th century, when non conformism was a strong element in local communities. The property had a completely open plan first floor until the early 1950s, to allow the light to illuminate the looms of the cottage workers. In the mid 1950s the first floor was redesigned to allow for three substantial bedrooms, generous landing area and a bathroom.



There are attractive gardens to the front and side of the house with two outbuildings at the rear. The cottage overlooks the bowling green at the rear of the property and there is potential for off road car parking.



The current owner moved in to the cottage in 1948 and has lived there ever since. It has been a good family house but does need some modernisation and development work. It has excellent potential for improvement and increasing value. The accommodation comprises:-



Ground Floor

Entrance lobby

with stairs to first floor

Dining kitchen (9' x 17'8")

fitted cupboards, drawers, gas cooker point, radiator, plumbing for automatic washing machine, fitted wall cupboards, Glow Worm Spacesaver 50 gas central heating boiler, windows to front and rear

Rear lobby

Separate wc

with low flush suite, obscure glazed window to rear

Sitting room (14'8" max x 17'7")

fitted coal effect electric fire, stone fireplace, beamed ceiling, radiator, window to front

Basement

Small keeping cellar

with stone shelves and electric meter

First Floor

Landing (11' x 7'9" max)

radiator, window to rear

Bedroom 1 (17'3' x 9'8" max)

including fitted wardrobes, sliding mirror doors, chimney breast, 2 windows to front

Bedroom 2 (9'7" x 11'10")

radiator, window to front, immersion heater and cylinder cupboard

Bedroom 3 (9'6" x 7'8")

radiator, window to rear

Bathroom (6'5" x 5'6")

coloured suite comprising panelled bath, Triton shower fitting above, pedestal washbasin, low flush wc, fully tiled walls, obscure glazed window to rear

Outside

Gardens with potential to front and side. Stone boundary walling, stone stepped entrance, pathway to front, side and rear. Rear flagged area with access to stone and brick outbuildings.

Tenure

Freehold (subject to solicitor confirmation).

Services

Mains sewer drainage, gas, water and electricity are laid on.

Viewing

Strictly by telephone appointment via Jowett Chartered Surveyors.

Council Tax Band

B

Energy Band

TBA

Directions

From Huddersfield proceed along the A642 Wakefield Road from the Sainsburys supermarket roundabout keeping in the right hand lane. Proceed straight through the first set of traffic lights and then at the next set of lights take the right hand fork signposted Almondbury. Ascend Somerset Road for a short distance before turning right into Dog Kennel Bank. Ascend Dog Kennel Bank and then fork left into Lowerhouses Lane. Ascend Lowerhouses Lane and proceed straight across the crossroads with Longley Road, past the school on the left hand side and 192 Lowerhouses Lane will be seen on the right set back off the road.

Solicitors

TBA

Extras

Carpets, curtains and light fittings are included as seen.

NB

Measurements given relate to width by depth taken from the front of the building for floor plan purposes. All measurements given are approximate and will be maximum where measured into chimney alcoves, bay windows and fitted bedroom furniture, unless otherwise previously stated. None of the services or fittings and equipment have been tested and no warranties of any kind can be given. Awaiting Vendor approval.