Rawtenstall is a town in Rossendale, Lancashire, England. Associated with it, or nearby, are the communities of Waterfoot, Newchurch, Ewood Bridge, Lumb, Water, Crawshawbooth, Goodshaw, and Love Clough. The area contains 100 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, eight are listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. Until the coming of the Industrial Revolution the area was rural, and most of the oldest listed buildings are, or originated as, farmhouses, farm buildings, cottages and larger houses. A former packhorse bridge has survived, and is listed. The earliest evidence of industry is in the weavers' cottages, some of which are listed. Later came the mills; some of these have survived and are listed. The other listed buildings are those associated with the growing population and include churches and associated structures, public houses, shops, a bank, schools, a road bridge and a railway viaduct, a library, the gateway to the cemetery, and war memorials. __NOTOC__ Key
Grade CriteriaII* Particularly important buildings of more than special interestII Buildings of national importance and special interest
Buildings Name and locationPhotographDateNotesGradeLower Lench FarmhouseOriginally a farmhouse, later converted into a house and an outbuilding. It is in sandstone with quoins. The house has a tiled roof and the outbuilding roof is of stone-slate. The house has two storeys and two bays, with a single-storey gabled porch. Some windows are stepped with three lights, and others are mullioned. Features of the outbuilding include a window with three round-headed lights, a Tudor arched doorway, and a cellar with a semicircular vaulted roof.2–6 Old StreetThis was originally a farmhouse, later converted into three dwellings. It is in sandstone with quoins and a stone-slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays. The original doorway, now to No, 6, has a Tudor arch cut into a massive lintel. The windows are mullioned, those in the ground floor having round-headed lights.Lower Constable Lee FarmhouseA sandstone house with a slate roof in two storeys. It has an F-shaped plan, with a main range of three bays, a projecting porch, and a projecting wing. The two-storey porch has an outer doorway with a large lintel, and an inner doorway with a chamfered surround. Most of the windows have been altered, but some mullioned windows remain.Edenfield Parish Church1614The oldest part of the church is the tower, the rest of the church dating from 1778. It is in sandstone with a slate roof, and consists of a two-storey nave, a short chancel, and a west tower. The tower has diagonal buttresses, square windows, an inscribed stone, and an embattled parapet, Along the sides of the nave, the windows in the lower storey are arched, and those above have flat heads. In the south wall is a sundial. The chancel has a Venetian window and a datestone above it. Inside the church is a gallery on three sides, and some box pews.Barn, Goodshaw Fold1618The barn is in sandstone with large quoins and a corrugated sheet roof. It has an H-shaped plan with three bays and outshuts. Between the outshuts are flat-headed wagon doorways. There is a doorway with chamfered jambs, and a quoin inscribed with the date.Higher Lench FarmhouseThe farmhouse was altered in the 18th century with an extension to the east. It is in sandstone with stone-slate roofs, and has two storeys and a T-shaped plan. The original part has two bays and mullioned windows. The extension also has two bays, a single-story gabled porch, and stepped triple-light windows.2 and 4 Higher Constable LeeOriginally a farmhouse, later divided into two dwellings, the building is in sandstone with a stone-slate roof. It has two storeys and two bays, with a two-storey gabled porch. The windows are mullioned. Inside is a large inglenook fireplace and a bressumer.Lumb Old HallThe house, which incorporates earlier material, has a cruck-framed core, and is encased in sandstone, with quoins, and a stone slate roof. There are two storeys and two bays. The south front is gabled and contains a Tudor arched doorway and casement windows with chamfered surrounds. Over the ground floor is a continuous hood mould. Inside the house is a full cruck truss.Packhorse BridgeThe bridge crosses the River Irwell. It is in stone and consists of two irregular segmental arches. There is a half-height cutwater on the east side, and its parapets have rounded coping.Friends' Burial Ground1663A rectangular enclosure about by , with a dry stone wall about high. On the north side is a gateway with an inscribed lintel. The walls were rebuilt in 1847.Ashenbottom Farmhouse1690A sandstone farmhouse, partly rendered, with some quoins and a stone-slate roof. It has two storeys and a roughly cruciform plan, with a three-bay front, a protruding porch, and a rear extension. Part of the ground floor has been covered by a later roadway. The porch has two storeys and contains a datestone. One of the windows is mullioned, and the others have been altered.Newhouses Cottages1691Originally a farmhouse with an attached cottage, later converted into three dwellings. They are in sandstone with some quoins and a stone-slate roof. There are two storeys and a front of three bays. In the front is a two-storey gabled porch that has a doorway with a large lintel, and a datestone above. Some of the windows are mullioned, and others have been altered. Inside the building is an inglenook bressumer.Hargreaves Fold Farmhouse SouthThe farmhouse is in sandstone with quoins and a roof partly of slate and partly of stone-slate. It is in two storeys, and has a T-shaped plan, with three bays and an outshut. Most of the windows are mullioned.Crawshawbooth Quaker Meeting House1716The meeting house was extended in 1736 and 1793, and altered in the 20th century. It is in sandstone with a roof of sandstone slate, and has an L-shaped plan. On the left is a three-storey one-bay double-depth dwelling house incorporating a former stable, and to the right is the single-storey four-bay meeting house. On the front of the meeting house is a gabled porch, and mullioned and transomed windows. To the left of the porch, external steps lead up to the middle floor of the dwelling house.11 and 12 Love Clough FoldOriginally a farmhouse, later converted for other uses, it is in sandstone with a stone-slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays with a two-storey gabled porch that has a round-headed open doorway. The windows are mullioned, some containing sashes and others casements.Barn, Love Clough FarmA sandstone barn with quoins and a stone-slate roof. It has a rectangular plan, and contains a large wagon entrance, doorways, windows, and owl hole in both gables.Lower Chapel Hill FarmhouseThe farmhouse is in sandstone with a stone-slate roof, and has two storeys and a T-shaped plan with a front of three bays. On the front the windows are square or mullioned, and at the rear is a wing with a plain doorway.Hugh Rake Farmhouse and shippon1732The farmhouse and attached shippon are in sandstone with a stone-slate roof, they have two storeys, and each has two bays. The house has a rear outshut, and on the front is a two-storey gabled porch that has a doorway with an inscribed lintel. The windows are mullioned, and the shippon has a segmental-arched entrance.Higher Chapel Hill FarmhouseA sandstone farmhouse with a stone-slate roof in two storeys. It has an L-shaped plan, with a two-bay front and a rear extension. The doorway has a plain surround, and most of the windows are mullioned.Carr Bank FarmhouseThe farmhouse was originally two dwellings, and has since been used for other purposes. It is in sandstone with a stone-slate roof, and has a cruciform plan. There are two storeys with a main range of two bays, a two-storey porch at the front, and an extension at the rear. The porch has two open doorways with plain surrounds, and a recess for a datestone. The windows are sashes.Lane Ends Farmhouse and barnThe farmhouse and barn are in sandstone with a stone-slate roof. The house has two storeys and two bays, with a plain doorway. There are two casement windows, a stepped three-light window, and a small sash window. The barn also has two bays, and contains a round-arched wagon entrance and a plain doorway.Laund Farmhouse and outbuildingThe attached outbuilding is dated 1863. Both parts are in sandstone, the house with a stone-slate roof, and the outbuilding with a roof of corrugated sheeting. The house has two storeys and mullioned windows, some of which are stepped. The outbuilding contains a cart entrance with a semicircular head, a pitching hole in the form of an oculus, a datestone, windows, and doorways.Lumb BridgeThe bridge carries a road over the River Irwell. It is in sandstone, and consists of two segmental arches with rounded coping to the parapets.SundialThe sundial is in the churchyard of the Church of St Nicholas with St John. It is in sandstone, and consists of a baluster-shaped pedestal with a moulded cap. On the top is a brass plate, a gnomon and a memorial tablet.Old Farmhouse1752The farmhouse is in sandstone with a stone-slate roof, in two storeys and two bays. The front is symmetrical with a central two-storey porch containing a plain doorway and a casement window. The other windows are sashes with mullions, and on the front is an inscribed datestone.Waingate Farmhouse1755A sandstone farmhouse with a tile roof, in two storeys with an attic and two bays. The doorway has a moulded architrave and pediment, and above it is a decorated datestone. The windows are mullioned, and in the left return is a plain doorway.Old Baptist Chapel1760A Baptist chapel that was enlarged on a number of occasions in the later 18th and early 19th centuries. It is in sandstone with a stone-slate roof, and ball finials on the roof and gables. The chapel has two storeys and a rectangular three-bay plan. There are two doorways with slab canopies and sash windows on the front. At the rear the windows are mullioned. Inside there are galleries on three sides and box pews."Weavers' Cottage"