| Description | House in 2 occupations. The first was constructed in the late 15th century as a single aisled timber framed house. The house was then encased in hammer dressed stone in the mid17th century and a stone slate roof added. The house is 2 storeys to the south front,with a single storey aisle to the rear with a 2 storey gabled cross wing. The south front is of 3 bays and has a 3 room plan with through passage. The first 2 bays break forward and have coped gables, kneelers, crocketed finial and columbarium. The 1st bay had double chamfered mullioned window of 8 lights with hoodmould, over which is a 14 light mullioned and transomed window with hoodmould. The 2nd bay has a double framed chamfered mullioned window with square reveals of 7 lights and single light fire window, over which is a 5 light chamfered mullioned window. The 3rd bay has a doorway with composite jambs and square lintel with chamfered surround, now 2 light window, over is a 2 light flat faced mullioned window. To the right of the door is 4 light flat faced mullioned window with 4 light chamfered mullioned window over. 3 stacks, one to right hand gable, one at junction of 2nd and 3rd bays indicating a hearth passage and one lateral stack to left hand return wall of 1st bay. The rear has chamfered mullioned windows of 3 lights and 2 lights to ground floor of cross wing with 4 light window over. Socketed to the uncoped gable for finial (missing). The aisle has a cat slide roof and cottage doorways with monolithic jambs flanked by flat faced mullioned windows of 4 lights to the left and 2 lights to the right.
Interior: Substantial remains of timber framed house with close studded wall to arcade plate and fully framed wall between chamber over hall and cross wing. No sign of communication between chambers suggests open hall. Through passage has ogee timber arched doorway with chamfered surround into housebody which preserves heck post, firescreen with attached settle, bressumer resting on original outside post. Inside fire area is spice cupboard with plaster needed surround and decorative plaster over. Chamber over preserves remains of original wall plate, tie beam with canted timbers for firehood braced to post and morticed to soffit for firehood. This house preserves largely intact a late medieval timber framed hall and original solar wing. The hall was enlarged in the stone casing and it is remarkable that the earlier timber structure was preserved in the chamber over the housebody. A rare and important survival. Text edited from English Heritage's National Heritage List.
The house was also visited by Colum Giles as part of the RCHME's Rural Houses Survey. The subsequent publication (Rural Houses of West Yorkshire 1400 1830) contains the following extract (p213);
Timber framed aisled house, mid 16th century. Hall and cross wing, hearth passage plan. Wing and main range framed together. Stone casing in 17th century; front wall of housebody brought forward flush with cross wing, housebody sealed to give chamber over, but firehood retained with addition of decorative plaster panels to fire area.
Adjacent to the house is a separately listed barn (PRN 13165)
A more detailed architectural description, along with photographs is held on file at the offices of West Yorkshire HER. |