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CASTLE COTTAGE

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Two cottages, now one dwelling. Built in the 16th or early 17th century and altered and extended in the 19th century. The stone building is two storeyed, with the older fabric to the southern end. It is thought to represent a surviving vestige of Bolsterstone Castle.

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[SK 2717 9683] Bolsterstone Castle [G.T.] (Remains of) [T.I.] (1)

Numbers 6 and 8 Foldering's Lane.
A stone building perhaps part of the castle divided into two cottages. The cottage on the South has a blocked 16th-17th century stone doorway and three or four 16th-17th century stone mullioned windows. (2)

The two cottages known as Bolsterstone Castle are correctly described by authority 3. They are mainly of 19th C. construction with the 16th-17th remains incorporated in the South and S.W. walls. GP AO.61.171.5 shows the SW aspect. (3)

Condition unchanged. Neither cottage is outstanding. (4)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6' 1955

( 2) General reference

Min. of Housing File No. 1678/11/A (Stocksbridge U.D.C.1.11.60)

( 3) Field Investigators Comments

F1 RL 04-JUL-61

( 4) Field Investigators Comments

F2 RWE 21-JAN-65

(5) List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest

08-AUG-1985

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