Description

SOWERBY BRIDGE TOWN GATE
SE 0226 & SE 0326
(north side, off), Midgley
4/261
Barn approx 4 metres to
15.11.66 south of Cliff Hill
( formerly listed with
house )
GV II
Barn. Probably early C17 with later C17 cladding and late C18 alterations.
Timber-frame clad in thinly-coursed rubble and coursed squared stone; stone slate
roof. 4 bays with rear aisle to 2 right bays. Quoins. Cart entry with double
board door in bay 2 has quoins, chamfered round arch and gable with shaped
kneelers and coping. Doorway at left end is tied in to quoins and has inserted
window on its right. A 3-light flat-faced mullion window to far right. Rear:
blocked opposing cart-entry, has timber lintel; right bay gabled. Right return:
quoined doorway on left; 3-light flat-faced mullion window to right; arched and
plain slit vents. Interior: 3 trusses with jowelled posts and braces to tiebeams
and plates. One king post roof truss, the others replaced with queen posts;
large-scantling purlins. Cliff Hill (q.v.) has a datestone of 1601 and it is
possible that the original barn is of that date.

Listing NGR: SE0283526407

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26586769

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Recommended Books

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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)