Description

GIGGLESWICK BELLE INN
SD 8064-8164
(north side)
12/5
Cravendale
20.2.58

GV II

Formerly Inn, now house. Mid-C17 with mid-C18 and Cl9 alterations. Slobbered
squared rubble, stone dressings, slate roof. 2 storeys, 2 bays. Central entrance
has plain surround; 6 panel door, upper 4 glazed. Left-hand ground floor 4-light
window with flat faced mullions; 6 pane casements and fixed lights. Right-hand
ground floor window has mid-C18 moulded surround; 24 pane sashes. 2 flat faced
mullioned casement windows on upper floor: 3 light to left with leaded panes, and
2 lights to right. All windows have timber hoodmoulds (probably C19). Massive
projecting left-hand gable end ridge stack. Interior: C17 fireplace with chamfered
surround and segmental pointed arch on ground floor, with similar fireplace on upper
floor. King post roof truss with trenched purlins of re-used timbers, some with
carpenter's marks. Home of Dr Charles Buck friend of Elgar, who
occasionally stayed at Cravendale.

Listing NGR: SD8123864050

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26424681

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2