Description

SE 12 SE
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MIRFIELD,
FAR COMMON ROAD (West Side),
Roe Head

GV II

House. Mid C18 with late C18 - early C19 and C20 additions. Coursed squared stone,
stone slate roof. Original block 3 storeys, 2 x 5 bays with late C18 - early C19
2-storey, 2-bay block added to north (left) and 2-storey, 4-bay block at right angles
to south-east (rear of right return); in angle so formed is a canted 2-storey porch;
further C20 additions to north not of special interest. West front: original block
on right has paired bows with plinth, cill and eaves bands and 3-light windows with
stone surrounds and C20 casements and sashes with glazing bars, that to ground floor
left deeper with central door; roof hipped on right; corniced stacks to left end and
centre of ridge. 2-bay addition on left has quoins to left, narrow left-hand bay with
sash with glazing bars to each floor in stone surround with tiestones and projecting
cill; right-hand bay bowed with cill bands to 5-light windows with sashes with glazing
bars and tiestones; eaves band; lateral stack to left and one in rear roof pitch.
Right return: original block has raised quoins to left; sashes with glazing bars,
shorter on2nd floor, in stone surrounds with projecting cills; eaves band; central
corniced ridge stack. Later porch has central double doors in projecting corniced
surround, 12-pane sashes flanking it and above have cill bands and tiestones. Similar
windows to wing, three on ground floor and two above, and to its south gable a bow
with 5-light windows as before. Interior: open central staircase. Dining room
retains: C18 fireplace with swags, acanthus scrolls, egg and dart mouldings; dado;
panelling; egg and dart ceiling cornice. Between 1830 and 1837 the house was rented
out as Roe Heath School which was attended by the Bronte Sisters: Charlotte,1831-32,
who returned to teach here in 1835; Emily, briefly in 1835; and, after the school had
moved to Dewsbury Moor, Anne, 1836-37.

Listing NGR: SE1912521822

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26545027

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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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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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)