| Description | Middle Nook farm and barn, Wadsworth.
The house and barn also have an English Heritage listed building designation, below:
'House, mid C17 altered to 4 cottages mid C18 and with added cell to house to which is added early C19 barn. Large dressed stone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys. Original house has projecting wing to west only under cat slide roof with main range. This has 7 light double chamfered mullioned window, band, 5 light window over to 1st floor; slightly set back hall range with altered window, probably of 3 lights originally, with smaller window over to 1st floor; 4 light flat faced mullioned window with same over. Addition to left of wing has wide window to each floor.
Barn has semi circular arched cart entry with simple Venetian window over. Left hand return wall has wide coped gable with kneelers which sweeps down lower over aisle of barn. Rear has 4 doorways to cottages and flat faced mullioned windows to 1st floor of 3 lights and 6 lights. 4 stacks to ridge. Interior of barn of C17 character has large trusses without king posts but with angle struts braced to post on stylobates. (Stell, C.F. 1960. 'Vernacular Architecture in a Pennine Community'. Page 291).
(English Heritage listed building description. Date listed 12/12/1984. http://list.english heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1227153. Web site accessed 23/10/2013).
The buildings of Middle Nook were the subject of an archaeological building recording undertaken by Stephen Haigh (Buildings Archaeologist) in 2006. The work was carried out in accordance with a specification for building recording provided by Peter Thornborrow (Senior Historic Buildings Officer. WYAAS) in relation to Calderdale Council planning reference numbers 03/00896/CON and 03/00897/LBC, 'Subdivision of building two to form two dwellings' and Calderdale Council planning reference numbers 03/00898/CON and 03/00899/LBC, Conversion of barn to form a dwelling'. The survey was confined to photography and written record. The photographic images produced by the assessment and survey report are held by WYAAS (Haigh, S. (Buildings Archaeologist). 2007). |