Description

SHELF BRIGHOUSE AND DENHOLME
SE 12 NW GATE ROAD (east side)

1/23 Guide Post (Stone Chair) at
junction of West Street
opposite the Duke of York
Public House and slab
attached to wall of No. 1
at NGR SE 117279

II

Guide post. Early C18. 2 large upright stone slabs set at an angle to
each other joined at the top by an iron strap. Left face reads: 'STONE
CHAIR ERECTED 001000241737 RE-ERECTED 1891 HALIFAX (hand points to right) BRADFORD'(Hand points to left). Right face reads (Hand points to left)
'DENHOLME GATE. BRIGHOUSE' (Hand points to right). One other stone dated
1737 probably part of the original structure is cemented to the wall of
No. 1. Rear of slabs has triangular stone block set between the stone
slabs acting as a seat thus giving the name Stone Chair to the monument
and in subsequent times to the area it is sited in.

Listing NGR: SE1171927914

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26426762

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)