Description

HEBDEN B6265
SE 0263-0363
(north side, off)
Scar Top House
11/38
10.9.54
II
House. Mid - late C17 with later additions and restoration c1980. Coursed
squared gritstone and rubble, graduated stone slate roof. Quoins. 2
storeys, the original house of 1 bay with an added bay to left and 2 bays
and probably C20 projecting wing to right. The original house has a C20
board door in a chamfered surround with shallow triangular head and a
restored 4-light recessed mullion window to right, all under a continuous
hoodmould. A round-headed narrow chamfered window above the door and a
tall 3-light mullioned window in a reused C17 surround to right. Left bay:
a board door in a chamfered quoined surround left, a small square chamfered
window right, loading door with long and short quoins reduced to a C20
window above. Bay to right: a restored 4-light recessed chamfered mullion
window to ground floor; two 2-light mullioned windows with reused C17
stonework above. The projecting bay to far right has a doorway with
chamfered quoined jambs and restored lintel; all windows are C20 apart from
a narrow round-headed window to first floor of left return. Bulbous
kneelers and gable copings to main range and wing. A large stack with
crenellated cornice to ridge opposite the C17 entrance. Interior: the
front door opens into a small lobby with a doorway to right into the living
room in which the fireplace has a cambered arched lintel on massive jamb
stones, the left jamb stones tied to the jamb of the doorway from the
lobby. A remote house and a rare single-bay C17 building.

Listing NGR: SE0277663914

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26460544

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)