Description

SD 9927 HEBDEN ROYD C.P. MACHPELAH,
Hebden Bridge

5/168 Machpelah Works

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G.V. II

Former fustian warehouse, c.1840, now cabinet-maker's workshop. Dressed stone,
stone slate roof. 3 storeys to road. 4 storeys to rear which fronts canal.
Continuous sill bands to each floor. 7-bay symmetrical facade. Doorway with
architrave and Tudor arched lintel retains original 6-panelled door and panelled
fanlight. Windows with skewback lintels to each bay and floor. Those to 1st
and 2nd floors mainly retain original 30 paned windows with central 6 paned
swivel openers. Eaves cornice. Attached to left hand return wall is added 2
single-storey bays for office in similar style with cyma moulded cornice and
low-parapet. Rear has similar fenestration. Gable stacks on the return walls
which have 2 bays of similar windows. Illustrated in C. Spencer, Hebden Bridge
History Trail, (Hebden Bridge, no date), p.27.

Listing NGR: SD9951527008

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26523412

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