Images from a Building Survey of Higher Croasdale Farmhouse, Lancaster 2021
Steven Price, 2021. https://doi.org/10.5284/1084740. How to cite using this DOI
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Bury
Lancashire
BL8 1UW
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- ADS Collection: 3907
- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1084740
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Introduction
An archaeological building survey was required prior to alterations of Higher Croasdale Grains, Lowgill. The work was carried out on behalf of Bluestone Archaeology by Steven Price of The Archaeology Co.
The building appears to have started out as a small one-and-a-half-unit farmhouse cottage with detached outbuildings, built in the mid to late 18th century. This was later extended in the late 18th / early 19th century to create a larger living space. Shortly after 1850, the outbuildings were demolished and a large agricultural unit attached, creating a laithe house. The house was further extended with a lean-to, and another extension to the northeast elevation was built, both in the late 19th century. The leanto addition to the agricultural section came in the early 20th century, with the erection of the porch to the house some time later.
