| Description | Upper Reap Hurst, Warley. 18th century stone house incorporating 17th century remains.
'C17 remodelled C19. 2 storeyed stone house with eaves to stone roof. Gabled wing to east of south front has 5 light mullioned windows with transome to ground storey. Lower west range altered. Rear mostly C19'.
(English Heritage listed building description. Date listed 03/11/1954. http://list.english heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1254045. Web site accessed 29/01/014).
Upper Reap Hurst was one of the topics included in a Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group conference (date unknown). The text from the conference guide relating to the house is transcribed below:
'A two storey house rebuilt and extended in the 18th century, incorporating parts of an older building still evident in the barn. The south gable of the house incorporates a concave moulded mullioned and transomed window on the ground floor and a five light mullion window above. A long single storey outshot has been added to the east. A modern porch partly obscures the hood mould and windows of the earlier build. The barn itself stands on a plinth and has been raised and rebuilt several times. Internal timbers have been reused as spine beams and door lintels in the kitchen as well as in the walling elsewhere'.
(Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group. Date unknown).
Upper Reap Hurst was the subject of an archaeological assessment by Colum Giles in 1980 as part of the WYAS/RCHME Rural Houses Survey. The photographic image produced by the assessment is held by WYAAS (Giles, C. (WYAS/RCHME. 1980).
Elizabeth Chamberlin (WYAAS) made an archaeological assessment of Upper Reap Hurst in 2010 in order to write a specification for building recording (probably associated with Calderdale Council planning reference number 08/00268/COU for conversion of the barn into a dwelling). The photographic images produced by the assessment are held in WYAAS digital image archive (Chamberlin, E. (WYAAS). 2010. \\WYJS HER FS01\HERPhotos\Warley\Upper Reap Hurst Farm Barn SE 0511 2751\WYAAS Site visit by EC 8th July 2010).
Chamberlin identified a number of early features in the barn including a fossilised roof line along with doors and windows which clearly show the buildings original domestic function. These were considered important features which should be recorded prior to alteration. As a barn, the west end functioned as a byre/cow house served by opposing doorways. The stalls had been removed at the time of inspection. The barn's north elevation contains a large cart entrance. The opposing doorway in the south elevation is smaller and slightly offset which indicated that it belonged to an earlier phase of development. The south east corner of the barn has been subdivided to form a lobby between the barn and the doorway connecting the house. There is also evidence for a timber post in the south wall of the structure indicating that it developed from a timber framed dwelling.
(Chamberlin, E. (WYAAS). 2010. 'Warley. Upper Reap Hurst Barn, Stocks Lane, Mount Tabor'). |