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Description: The Sister's House and Priors Mead (formerly listed as 17 Priestley Green [The Sister's House])

Address: 13 And 17 Priestley Green Syke Lane Lightcliffe Brighouse Calderdale HX3 8RQ

Grade: II

Group detail: Syke Lane

Full description:
2 houses perhaps formerly one. Dated 1630. Hammer-dressed stone, rendered, stone slate roof. 2 storeys, considered as one house it forms a long range which appears as a double gabled frontage of 2 bays the right hand of which breaks forward and 3 other bays (the right hand a cross-wing) under a different roof line. All have double chamfered mullioned windows with hood-moulds. The first bays have lean-to porch protecting doorway with inscribed square lintel 'S1630S'. 6 lights to left and 4 over, and 8 lights (with king mullion) with 6 lights over. The 3rd bay has C19 doorway broken into window now of 4 lights with 5 lights over. The 4th bay has similar doorway and 8-light window to housebody with 5-light over. 5th bay has 6 light with 5 light over. All gables coped with kneelers and finials. 3 stacks, after 2nd bay and 4th bay. Right hand return wall has some altered windows, one of 4 lights with wooden diamond mullions. Single storey to rear. Interior: The housebody to Sister's house has large stop chamfered beams and large segmental arched fireplace with simple chamfer inscibed 'TAP 1658'. The housebody of Priors Meade has stop chamfered spine beams with scarf joints evidence of former bressumer and firehood. Posts and straight braces forming timbered arcade to aisle of good quality and close studded wall to rear of parlour chamber which has fireplace with square lintel and composite jambs with simple chamfer. Formerly had a C17 plastered ceiling now gone. Ground floor room to central bay has plaster tablet bearing date 1584 said to have been imported from a house in Wakefield. D. Nortcliffe, Buildings of Brighouse, (Brighouse 1978) p.10.