| Catalogue Finding Number | WYHER/12875 |
| Office record is held at | Historical Environment Record, West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service |
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| Title | Southcliffe (House), Commercial Street, Wadsworth |
| Description | Southcliffe (House), Commercial Street, Wadsworth. 1813 Gentleman's residence.
'House and offices. Dated 1813. Dressed stone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys. Quoins. 4 bays of sashed windows with plain stone surrounds and projecting sills, retaining original, 16 paned sashes. 2nd bay has doorway with monolithic jambs with 5 panelled door with rectangular glazed fanlight. Eaves band with moulded gutter brackets. Left hand return wall blind. Rear has similar fenestration to front but with tall stair window with semi circular arched head with expressed keystone, retains Gothic glazing. Right hand return wall has 2 doorways with tie stone jambs with to the left of each door sashed windows to each floor. Venetian window to apex retains central sash with Gothic glazing and bears date on lintel. 2 stacks to ridge. To front and right hand return wall, dressed stone walls with rectangular gate piers and corner post with quoins each with hipped capping. Gates and cast iron railings of alternating straight and wavy rods with newels with baluster and urn finials'.
(English Heritage listed building description. Date listed 21/06/1984. http://list.english heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1229141. Web site accessed 21/10/2013).
Southcliffe (House) was included in the Calder Civic Trust and Hebden Bridge Local History Society joint survey of buildings for proposed listing in 1975. The fieldwork record sheet is held by WYAAS (Calder Civic Trust and Hebden Bridge Local History Society. 1975). The report describes the house as a good example of a Gentleman's residence House forming a group with Hollins Hill House, Crossley Terrace and Machpelah House (PRN 12876, PRN 12877 and PRN 12878). |
| Date | 21st century |
| Extent | contact the West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service for information on what is available |
| Level | Item |