Listed Building: VALE HOUSE (1335471)

PARISH OF DRONFIELD LEA ROAD SK 37 NE 6/49 Vale House II House. Late C17, with C19 and C20 alterations and additions. Coursed coal measures sandstone rendered in parts, with coped gables and moulded kneelers, ashlar gable and ridge stacks, and a plain tiled roof. Irregular plan, comprising a six bay late C17 range with a wide advanced gable at the east end and an added two bay C19 range at the east end. Six bay range, south elevation, two and three storeys with attics, the two western bays roughcast. Central glazed doorway with 2 and 3-light windows above, all C19 insertions. Two 3-light flat roofed attic dormers. Advanced added flat roofed bay to east, with tall 3-light mullioned windows in flush stone surrounds. Two bay gable with parapet to projecting bay to south-east corner. Ground and first floor 2-light mullioned windows, together with single light windows to eastern bay, all beneath band courses which link the window heads to the ground and first floors. Additionally the cills are linked by bands which terminate at the outer openings, whereas the head bands return around the south-east corner to link with the heads of single light C17 openings to the east elevation. At the head of the parapeted bay, a gabled dormer faces east, giving access to the parapet which has a moulded coping. Two bay mid C19 addition, two storeys with stacked tall 4-light timber mullioned windows with horizontal glazing bars. Wide doorway to east with Tudor arched headed door. Single bay C20 lean-to addition at east end. Listing NGR: SK3538478388