| Description | Burnal Bank Farm, Stainland (SE 08584 19654).
'Two houses, C17 in origin, with fronts rebuilt C19 and 1936. 2 storeys. Hammer dressed stone, stone slate roof. Built into this facade is a triangular stone inscribed 'GOD BE THIS DWELLING HOUSE WITHIN 1628'. The return wall has C17 extruded stack, and the rear wall, which is rendered, has double chamfered mullioned window to ground floor of 5 lights with hoodmould with spiral stops. To first floor a former 4 light chamfered window which lacks 2 mullions. Attached to right hand end of the building is one C17 bay perhaps part of the earlier house. Rendered with stone slate roof. To ground floor chamfered mullioned windows of 2 lights with hoodmould. Return wall has blocked 2 light chamfered window and damaged doorway with massive stones to jambs. Outshut to rear'
(English Heritage listed building description. Date listed 06/06/1983. http://list.english heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1313976. Web accessed 01/08/2013).
Burnal Bank Farm was the subject of a planning application in 2000 for 'Alterations and extension to dwelling (Listed Building Consent)' (Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council planning reference number 00/01280/LBC). After consultation, Peter Thornborrow provided the building recording specification (Thornborrow, P.H. (WYAS). 2002. Building recording specification in response to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council planning reference number 00/01280/LBC. Burnal Bank Farm, Stainland). The building which formed the subject of the proposed survey is a single bay, aisled, two storey structure to the east of the hall which incorporates a date stone of 1628. This also includes a collapsed building to the east. The specification required two phases of photographic recording; the second occurring after the removal of rendering. The photographs were to be supplemented by a short written archaeological appraisal.
Thornborrow specifically had three points of interest:
The 17th century portion of the building has chamfered mullioned windows of two lights. The hoodmould returns are the wrong way round suggesting re use.
The single bay 'wing' is not gabled but has a ridge set in the right hand return wall, which is gabled. Immediately adjacent is a lower range that is set back from the front of the wing. This only had fragmentary survival of its front. The right hand return of this range formerly had 17th century style chamfered mullioned windows which are now in a state of collapse.
The interior of the wing appears to be 19th century and may have been rebuilt at this time. It has a beamed ceiling with two spine beams in the front kitchen. A single stone stair leads to the 1st floor. The roof has purlins and an arcade plate to its aisle. The collapsed range appear to have been built in two phases and has a cross wall dividing it into two rooms.
An archaeological building recording of Burnal Bank Farm was undertaken by WYAS in April 2002. The report and photographic prints are held by WYAAS. The report is summarised below:
The ground floor is a single bay building with the 17th century hall to the west and a later building to the east. A timber lobby of similar date opens into the main living space. The south wall is lit by a re inserted two light mullioned window. The west wall is plain. The eastern wall has a cast iron cooking range set within an early 17th century fireplace. To the north, stone stairs running east west lead up to the first floor. Beyond the stairs is a scullery to the east. The floor is stone flagged. The subdividing partitions appear to be 19th century. |