| Description | Broad Bottom Farmhouse and Attached Barn, Wadsworth. Early timber framed house cased in stone and a late 19th century barn incorporating earlier features.
'House, early C18 stone encasing of earlier timber framed house the posts of which survive inside, with early C19 alterations, with added barn dated 1897. Hammer dressed stone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys. 3 linear divisions. 1st is gabled flush with 2nd division; 6 light flat faced mullioned window with 4 light window over (retains 2 chamfered mullions), coped gable with kneelers and stack. At junction of 2nd division gabled porch with coping and kneelers with basket arched lintel with chamfered surround; inner doorway retains door with decorative strap hinges. 2nd division has 6 light chamfered mullioned window with 6 light flat faced mullioned window over to 1st floor. 3rd division breaks forward and has inserted doorway to left of 4 light flat faced mullioned window with one of 7 lights over to lst floor. Under lower roofline, and slightly set back, is added late C19 barn with semi circular arched cart entry with chamfered surround (possibly C18 and re used) with Venetian window over the lintel inscribed 'R E B U I L T'. To either side mistal doorways; that 1 8 9 7. J. S. T. to right has quoined lintel. Right hand return wall has arched and arrow slit ventilators with lunette to apex with dropped keystone'.
(English Heritage listed building description. Date listed 19/07/1963. Date amended 26584. http://list.english heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1228918. Web site accessed 16/10/2103).
The attached barn south of Broad Bottom Farm was the subject of an archaeological assessment by Elizabeth Chamberlin (WYAAS) in 2008. This was undertaken as part of a consultation response to a planning application for 'Conversion of attached barn to residential dwelling and detached garage, including use of artificial stone slates (Listed building Consent) ' (Calderdale Council planning reference number 07/01350/LBC). The fieldwork report and photographic images produced by the assessment are held by WYAAS (Chamberlin, E. (WYAAS). 2008).
In the resulting fieldwork report Chamberlin describes the farmhouse as an early 18th century encasing of a timber framed house. The attached barn replaces an earlier barn and contains a date stone with the text 'Rebuilt 1897 J S T'. The barn has a central arched cart entry with Venetian style window above, the lintel of which incorporates the date stone. To either side of the cart entry are two doorways to what would have led to mistals at either end. The interior has been stripped of all partitions and the floor has been dug up. The interior north west gable of the barn contains evidence of a 'fossilised' roof line with a blocked central opening in the apex and a blocked three light mullioned window. There is also a blocked opening at ground level between the farmhouse and the barn.
Chamberlin later produced a specification for building record of the barn. A drawn and photographic record which identified and documented items of archaeological interest was required prior to conversion, specifically those relating to the form and function of the barn and its relationship to the attached barn and any evidence of the form of the pre 1987 barn which it replaced (Chamberlin, E. (WYAAS). 2008. Specification for building recording. Attached barn at Broad Bottom Farm, Hawks Clough, Mytholmroyd).
The barn was the subject of an archaeological building recording by Stephen Haigh (Buildings Archaeologist) in 2008 in accordance with the specification set by Elizabeth Chamberlin (above). The field work report which contains annotated drawings and the photographic images produced by the assessment are held by WYAAS (Haigh, S. 2008).
The report provides a description of the historical background and architectural interest of the barn |