KIRKDALE TQ 7552 LOOSE (West Side) 6/185 The Dairy House GV II House, forge in early C19, beerhouse from 1850's, dairy 1920-55, now house. C16 or C17 with C18 alterations and early-to-mid C19 additions and facade. Timber-framed, clad with channelled render. Left gable end weatherboarded. Plain tile roof. One timber-framed bay of C16 or C17, with second, probably added in C18, to left. Early-to-mid C19 addition to left end, framed as short cross-wing. 2 storeys and garret. Brick plinth to left of door, stone plinth to right. Roof broadly hipped to left, with high ridge over left end bay. Main range half-hipped to right. Rear buff brick stack towards left end. Irregular fenestration of 3 sashes; one 16-pane sash to left bay, one to central bay, and one 12-pane sash set much lower towards right end, under former wall-plate. Boarded door to right of centre under plain-tile canopy. Rendered rear lean-to. Interior: chamfered cross-beam to right bay. C18 staircase between walls opposite front door, with ramped recessed panelling to left wall. Corner fireplace to central room. Marked on O.S. map as Almery Cottage. Listing NGR: TQ7570452187