Description

SHINCLIFFE HIGH STREET
NZ 2840 and NZ 2940
(North side)
13/93 and 14/93 The Old House
29/1/85
II
House. Late C17-early C18 with C19 alterations. Sandstone rubble, limewashed
on main block and roughcast on wing. Welsh slate roofs with rebuilt brick
chimney stacks. Main block with wing, containing cross passage, at left.
3-storey main block, originally 4 bays but now with two C19 openings on each
floor. Rubble plinth and large, roughly-squared quoins. Replaced 16-pane
sashes and blocked top-floor windows with projecting stone sills. Steeply-
pitched roof with swept eaves and end stacks. 2-storey, 2-bay wing has
cross-passage doorway with replaced door and patterned fanlight in open-
pedimented doorcase. Replaced casement, 16-pane sash and late C20 archway
to left. Steeply-pitched roof with swept eaves and tall central ridge stack.
Full-height gabled wing, on rear of main block, has blocked pigeon holes and
alighting ledges in gable. Interior of main block has large chamfered ceiling
beams on ground floor; 3 roof trusses with adzed principal rafters, halved
collars and a double row of purlins.

Listing NGR: NZ2900240687

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26453149

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Recommended Books

• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)