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Description: Horse Hey Farmhouse and attached barn

Address: Horse Hey Farm Small Shaw Lane Wadsworth Hebden Bridge West Yorkshire HX7 8RF

Grade: II

Group detail: Haworth Old Road Crimsworth Dean

Full description:
Late C17 barn, roof raised and 2-cell house added forming laithe-house, early C19. Large dressed stone to barn, finer thinner coursed stone to house. Quoins, coped gables with kneelers. 2 storeys. All are flat faced mullioned windows with projecting sills on east entrance front and flush sills to rear. 2 light window, door with tie stone jambs, 4-light window. 1st floor has 2 windows of 4 lights. Barn to right has segmental arched cart entry with simple Venetian window over. Aisle breaks forward and retains some rectangular chamfered ventilators of C17. Rear of house has 6 light and 4 light window to each floor. Barn has lean-to porch with monolithic lintel. Aisle breaks forward and has 2 mistal doorways with quoined lintels and stop chamfered surrounds. Attached to south is low 2 storey early C18 cottage which retains chamfered mullioned windows of 6 lights with one (blocked) of 4 lights to 1st floor. Barn has wide open coped gable with C17 kneeler to rear. Single stack to ridge. 4-bay barn with large softwood queen post trusses, aisled for 2 bays. Earlier roof line of barn is clearly visible. A good example of a laithe-house.