| Description | 1 3 South Clough Head, Warley.
‘C17, extended and much altered. Originally one house. Traditional 2 storeyed stone structure now rendered. Stone roof. Main (East) front has original window openings (some very long) but with most mullions removed. Northern section (No 3) of rather later date. Plain rear'.
(English Heritage listed building description. Date listed 03/11/1954. Date amended 23/11/1973. http://list.english heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1272934. Web site accessed 20/12/2013).
South Clough Head was archaeologically assessed by Colum Giles in 1980 as part of the WYAS/RCHME Rural Houses survey. The sketch plan produced by the assessment is held by WYAAS (Giles, C. (WYAS/RCHME). 1980). In addition to providing a detailed building description, the fieldwork report discusse the relationship between the original build and an added eastern cell:
'It is possible, but not demonstrable that the eastern build represents an earlier structure of timber. If this is the case, we are dealing with a process of alternate re building that first saw the rebuilding of the upper half of the house (the present western two cells) and then the rebuilding of the lower end and passage. It is possible therefore, that we are dealing not with a gable entry house of the late 17th century, but with a house which, despite its differential development, always displayed the hearth passage plan that appears today to be the result of two separate building phases' (Giles, C. (WYAS/RCHME). 1980. 'South Clough Head, Warley’).
WYAAS archives hold a copy of a 2000 report by Alison Sinclair entitled 'Nos. 1,2 and 3 South Clough Head, Warley. An analysis of the development of a vernacular house'. This may have been produced to supplement a WYAS consultation response regarding a planning application detailed below. Not only does the report provide a detailed building description, it outlines the extent of the surviving remains and makes recommendations regarding the redevelopment of the property while retaining surviving historic character.
1 3 South Clough Head was the subject of an archaeological building survey by David Michelmore in 2001. This was undertaken in response to a planning application for 'Internal and external alterations to convert cottages 1 and 2 into a single dwelling and to refurbish cottage 3. Demolition of outbuilding (Listed Building Consent)' (Calderdale Council planning reference number 00/00765/LBC). The architect's plans associated with this application have been retained by WYAAS (Briggs, Potts, Parry and Ives. chartered Architects. 2000).
The work was undertaken in accordance with a specification for building recording set by WYAS Advisory Service (Thornborrow, P.H. (WYAS). 2001).
The report together with the photographic images and drawings produced by the recording event are held by WYAAS. The sections of the report regarding the architectural details of the house have been summarised below:
The building is of two storeys, built of stone, with stone slab roof. It has a linear plan and is constructed of good quality masonry, feautres include hood mould stops which ran over the parlour and house body windows. The kitchen is a separate feature at the northern end of the range. The outshut runs behind the parlour and housebody bays only, while the kitchen is only one room deep. The front wall was extensively altered after when the house was divided into cottages.
The parlour has two axial beams and widely spaced common joists with steep chamfered. The principal and common joists have crude lambs tongue stops. The principal joist have no stops at the south west end, probably because the wall has been reconstructed and the original ends of the joists are now concealed. The south east wall has a five light mullioned window with the mullions removed. |