| Description | Hill House Farm Barn.
'Barn, probably of C17 origin. Rubble brought to course, stone slate roof. Square headed cart entries with mistal doorways to either side, one with composite jambs and chamfered surround. Left hand return wall has arrow slit ventilators, coped gable with kneelers. Rear has wooden outbuilding (mid C20) covering original tall cart entry with chamfered surround. Interior has re used cruck principal with ½ lap joint as lintel over cart entry. Softwood queen post roof'.
(English Heritage listed building description. Date listed 21/06/1984. http://list.english heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1230090. Web site accessed 04/11/2013).
The barn at Hill House Farm was the subject of an archaeological assessment by Elizabeth Chamberlin (WYAAS) in 2007. This was undertaken in order to write a specification for building recording in advance of conversion to a single dwelling (Calderdale Council planning reference number 06/01249/LBC).
Chamberlin describes the barn as of the combination type with a central threshing floor with two opposed cart entries and formerly with mistals at either end. It is built of coursed sandstone with a stone slate roof. The roof is supported on queen post trusses. To the north side of the central cart entry, the barn has been extended. The old building line, with straight joint, can be seen on the western external elevation and internal elevation as well as the east elevation. The building line on the eastern elevation shows a straight joint for the first few courses above ground level only, suggesting that much of this elevation was rebuilt. There is a re used carved stone ogee arched niche (or window) in the south elevation of the mistal, which the owner refers to as the 'prayer niche'. There are a number of attached outbuildings including a piggery, stable and pens which are later than the barn, probably of 19th century date. The northern gable of the barn has a central high owl hole and breathers. This elevation looks to have been rebuilt with narrower stone coursing from about half way up. The southern gable has stone kneeler and looks to be of one build.
(Chamberlin, E. (WYAAS). 2007. Fieldwork record sheet: Combination barn, Hill House Farm, Raw Lane, Mytholmroyd, Hebden Bridge).
The photographic images produced by the assessment are held in the WYAAS digital image archive (Chamberlin, E. (WYAAS). 2007. \\WYJS HER FS01\HERPhotos\Wadsworth\Hill House Farm Mytholmroyd SE 0115 2670).
Farm buildings attached to the north gable of the barn at Hill House were the subject of an archaeological building recording by Stephen Haigh (Buildings Archaeologist) in 2008. The survey was carried out in order to fulfil part of a planning condition attached to Calderdale Council planning reference number 06/01249/LBC for the conversion of the barn and outbuildings to a single dwelling. The report and associated photographic images are held by WYAAS (Haigh, S. 2008).
The report describes the barn as probably of the 17th century, forming part of the historic Hill House settlement. The adjacent early 17th century house has an English Heritage listed building designation; EH UID 404950.
The outbuildings, which are the subject of the above report, extend for 13.5m from the barn's north gable forming a single storey range up to 6.2m wide. The earliest part of this range probably dates to the mid to late 19th century (OS 6' second edition. 1892. Sheet 230). The report provides an architectural description of the range. The structure, in three parts, forms a stable, pig sty/pen and cart shed (Haigh, S. 2008). |