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Reference no. 1229380
Description: Barn 15 metres to north of Lower Hathershelf (formerly listed as Barn at Lower Hathershelf) (now two dwellings)
Address: Lower Hathershelf Barn Lower Hathershelf Hathershelf Lane Mytholmroyd Hebden Bridge Calderdale
Grade: IISTAR
Group detail: Hathershelf Lane, Luddendenfoot, Halifax
Full description:
Barn. Early C16 timber-framed barn encased in stone, late C16 or early C17 probably contemporary with crosswing to Lower Hathershelf. Large dressed stone. T-shaped to east. Wide cart entries full height, probably altered. Deeply chamfered arrow slit ventilators in side walls. Mistal doorways at lower end (east) have deeply chamfered surround. Wide gables are coped with kneelers. Ventilators are arranged 2 over 3 over 7.
Interior: 5-bay double-aisled barn. King post trusses with single 'V' struts. Posts on stylobats with curving braces to tie-beam and arcade plate. Wall ties. End truss is flush with external stone wall. A magnificent barn with a virtually unaltered interior prominent in the landscape.
C. F. Stell, p.208-11.