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I wonder if anyone can shed any light on this surprising survival in Wortley??its in a rare old state - Steptoe and son's got nothing on this place

The front view - through barbed wire

The attractive front garden...

..and the toilet facilities

the featureless rear-view

And the side view.The house is on Upper Wortley Road, near the Golden Fleece.I wonder if anyone knows anything about it ? - such as when it was last lived in. I'm no expert but the style of this building looks old to me - really old - pre-Victorian - maybe 200 years + old??    

Thinking of other threads, my money is on it being an Historic Grade II listed building, clearly being lovingly maintatined as these places are, by the owners

What with the price of scrap iron at the moment im very surprised to see a skip full of the stuff!

Brandy wrote: What with the price of scrap iron at the moment im very surprised to see a skip full of the stuff! With the plummeting housing market, the skip would probably make a better investment - and preferable accomodation!I agree with Drapesy - it's got to be 200+ years old.

drapesy wrote: I wonder if anyone can shed any light on this surprising survival in Wortley??its in a rare old state - Steptoe and son's got nothing on this place Stone built too??? In an area where fireclay and bricks were in great abundance. I love the piccys drapemeister.I would think there are more buildings that when you give them a second glance are really old and possibly pre-date the Victorian building boom. Often standing alone amongst thousands or red brick victorian buildings, and often disguised by cement render which (I think)was commonly used to protect weathering stone and georgian hand made brick.The gorgian workers house in high court lane are rendered.I wonder wether this can become an ultra interesting thread of similar buildings.I've chased around trying to spot "pre-back to backs".There are a couple of houses that face onto Holbeck Moor that are rendered and I think these pre-date the back to back developments and are original"village" housing when Holbeck was just that.Anyone like to comment on them - they are on the same side as the Brittania. Anyone else spotted any odd "older" working class building in our largely victorian suburbs???