Description

SE 02NW HEBDEN ROYD C.P. BURLEES LANE,
SE 001271 Mytholmroyd

2/58 Little Burlees Farmhouse
and attached barn
19.7.63

G.V. II*

House, dated 1637 with altered cross-wing late C17, porch dated 1733, with added
barn mid C18 with early C19 alterations. Large dressed stone to earliest build
and thin coursed rubble stone with ashlar quoins to later wing, stone slate
roof. 2 storeys. South west front has 5 linear divisions. 3-room plan with
projectng parlour wing and porch (with through passage) forming an F-plan. 1st
division is wing: plinth, double-chamfered mullioned window of 6 lights (lacking
3 mullions) with mullioned and transomed window of 10 lights to 1st floor both
having hoodmould with decorative label stops. Coped gable with kneelers. Right
hand return wall has former 2-light window broken through to form a doorway
with decorative label stops, one with a carved face. Set-back is housebody
which has impressive 18-light mullioned and transomed window with 2 king
mullions. Over, to 1st floor, stepped window of 4 over 6 lights. 2-storey
gabled porch of similar character to New House, Hall Bank Lane (q.v.) has raised
rusticated quoins, semi-circular arched doorway with dropped keystone and
moulded impost; over is moulded recess for tablet inscribed " C " (the
WE
1 7 3 3
Cockcroft family), oval window to apex (blocked). Inner door has depressed
Tudor arched lintel with stop chamfered surround and lintel inscribed "1 6 3 7".
IM
Service end has chamfered mullioned window of 5 lights with 6-light window over
to 1st floor (both lacking some mullions). Barn breaks forward, has projecting
gabled porch with kneelers and semi-circular arched cart entry, inner cart entry
has square opening with chamfered surround. Porch is attached to low building
at right angles which has 2 segmental arched doorways. Rear of barn has semi-
circular arched cart entry-with inner porch with chamfered mistal doorways in
the re-entrant angle. Rear of house: through-passage doorway has depressed
Tudor arch, roll moulded surround, and sunken spandrels. Kitchen wing has
double chamfered mullioned windows of 6 lights to ground floor and 4 lights to
1st floor with gable stack. 2 other stacks. Interior of housebody has large
fireplace with lintel with segmental arch carried on corbelled jambs with stop
chamfered surround, cyma moulded shelf. Kitchen wing has segmental arched
fireplace with skewbacks and moulded surround. C. F. Stell, p.59, 258, 267,
276.

Listing NGR: SE0013727108

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17542954

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Recommended Books

• 
  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014