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Description: Barn to Shibden Hall Museum

Address: Barns To Shibden Hall Museum Godley Lane Halifax West Yorkshire

Grade: IISTAR

Group detail: Lister's Road (east,off) Shibden Park

Full description:
Barn to Shibden Hall Museum (Formerly Listed as: SHIBDEN PARK Service buildings to Shibden Hall) Barn and outbuildings now museum. Aisled barn and attached farm buildings, now museum. Early C17, with C18 and C19 alterations, converted late C20. Coursed rubble stone with ashlar dressings and stone slate roofs. PLAN AND EXTERIOR: arranged around courtyard with barn to north. Quoins. Single storey. North front has gabled cross wing to left with central 5-light chamfered mullion window with continuous hood mould. To right a small 2-light mullion window at lower level, and to left late C19 square tower with clock and deeply moulded eaves cornice toped with small cupola and weather vane. Apex of gable has 2-light pigeon opening with flight perch. To right set back double doors with in left return single 4-centred arched doorway. Beyond off-centre doorway in moulded surround with 2-light mullion window to left and double flight mounting block with central dog kennel, to two 2-light chamfered mullion windows with a single round headed window between. West gable front has central double plank doors with above large 5-light chamfered, transom and mullion window. To left a single light window now blocked and to right 2-light mullion window. Projecting outbuilding to right has two 4-centred arched doorways with hood mould and triple flight pigeoncote above. Irregular west front has round headed and rusticated C17 garden archway attached. South front to courtyard has large double plank doors in raised midstray, flanked by irregular mullion windows and doors. At east corner a square tower with brewhouse and 2 sinlge-light windows to upper floor. West and south ranges to courtyard single storey with irregular fenestration and inserted doors now converted to exhibition rooms. INTERIOR:5 roof trusses with king and queen posts supported on timber posts with arched braces and staggered purlins.