| Description | Cross Hills Farm, Warmfield cum Heath. Late 18th century brick built farmhouse.
'House. Early C19. Orange/red brick (English garden wall bond), coursed rubble to rear, stone slate roof. 2 storeys. 2 cell central entry plan with rear outshut. Doorway and windows to either side and above have segmental arched heads, windows have projecting ashlar sills and 20 pane sashes. Gable stacks. Rear has small windows to outshut. Left hand return has window and doorway, as at front, to outshut with window above'.
(English Heritage listed building description. Date listed 27/08/1986. http://list.english heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1313189. Web site accessed 03/02/2014).
Cross Hills Farm was the subject of a planning application in 1987; Wakefield Council planning reference number: CF/LBS/R/36/01. Peter Thornborrow (Historic Buildings Officer. WYAS) provided the consultation response. Thornborrow describes Cross Hills as simple late 18th century house with a pleasing design.
The front and sides are built of orange/red brick with the rear constructed in weathered sandstone rubble. It has a two storey front with a one and a half storey outshut to the rear of the 1st cell. It has a two cell lobby entry plan. The doorway and windows to either side and above on the 1st floor have brick segmental arched heads. All the windows have projecting cills. Set on each gable are chimney stacks constructed of 20th century brick.
The rear has small windows to the outshut which is contained under a cat slide roof. The left hand return has a doorway to the left of a window, with a smaller window above lighting an attic floor.
The front door opens against the main stair with doorways to either side. The staircase is constructed of wide stone slabs and is contained by brick spine walls. To either side of the lobby is a cell with cells above on the first floor. The left hand ground floor cell has a doorway to a cellar beneath the outshut. The right cell probably functioned as the best room. The rear outshut has a stone flagged floor, a sink and fitted cupboards. The western section acted as a scullery. The eastern section has a quarter turn brick and stone stair case leading to a single room above. A door way leads form this to the first cell chamber of the house.
To the south east is an 'L' shaped range of buildings fronting Goosehill Lane. This includes a three bay barn of two storeys. This has fish bone king post roof trusses, stalls and formerly had a hay loft.
The photographic image and sketch plan produced by the assessment are held by WYAAS
(Thornborrow, P.H. (WYAS). 1987). |