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Description: Lower Small Shaw Farmhouse and attached barn

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

Grade: II

Group detail: Haworth Old Road Crimsworth Dean

Full description:
House, 2 cells of late C16 house with added rear kitchen wing, 3rd cell to house, and barn all mid C17; barn has added bay mid C19. Large dressed stone to earliest build, coarser hammer-dressed to C17 additions and dressed stone to C19 addition to barn, stone slate roof. L-shaped. South front has string course over 2 bays of double chamfered mullioned windows of 6 lights and 8 lights with 2 windows of 4 lights over to 1st floor. Added bay has 6-light window with king mullion with 6 light window over to 1st floor. Tall cart entry with deep monolithic lintel and composite jambs has chamfered surround. Similarly dressed mistal doorway to right. Left hand return wall has extruded stack with offsets reduced in height to right of original gable entry doorway with broad chamfered surround (now window). Over is 4-light chamfered window lacking 2 mullions. Rear of main range has semi-circular arched cart entry, probably C19 alteration. Main feature is impressive mullioned and transomed stepped window to east elevation of kitchen wing of 6 over 8 lights. Single stack to each ridge. C.F. Stell, p.105, 267.