| Description | Great Burlees House, Wadsworth. Late 16th century cross wing house with added 17th century hall range.
'House, late C16 cross wing with added hall range, cross wing forming a U shaped plan with a rear kitchen wing, mid C17. Large dressed stone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys. West wing has double chamfered mullioned windows with cavetto chamfered mullions of 6 lights to each floor with hoodmould with straight return. Coped gable with kneelers. Tall lateral stack to right hand return wall next to C19 porch covering C16 doorway with stop chamfered surround. Hall has impressive mullioned and transomed window with 3 king mullions of 20 lights (4 blocked). Over is 8 light mullioned and transomed window to gabled attic dormer. Doorway in through passage position has depressed arched lintel and stop chamfered surround. Inserted C19 2 light window over. East wing has 10 light mullioned and transomed window to both floors. String course. Coped gable with moulded kneelers. Right hand return wall has tall lateral stack and altered C19 2 light windows. Rear kitchen wing has former 4 light chamfered mullioned window with 3 light window over. Coped gable with stack of C18 character. 3 other stacks. Interior of west wing has finely reeded spine beams and floor joists. Kitchen wing has fireplace with segmental arched lintel carried on corbelled jambs with chamfered surround.
Illustrated in Comfort, A. 1913. 'Ancient Halls in and About Halifax'. Page 47: Stell, C.F. 1960. 'Vernacular Architecture in a Pennine Community'. Pages 76, 276'.
(English Heritage listed building description. Date listed 19/07/1963. Date amended 21/06/1984. http://list.english heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1279349. Web site accessed 16/10/2013).
Great Burlees House was the subject of an archaeological assessment by Peter Thornborrow (WYAS) in 1988. The photographic images produced by the assessment are held by WYAAS (Thornborrow, P.H. (WYAS). 1988). |