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Description: Nos. 71, 73, and 75 (Nelson House)

Address: Nelson House Stainland Road Barkisland Sowerby Bridge Calderdale HX4 0AQ

Grade: II

Group detail: Stainland Road (north side), Barkisland

Full description:
House, (now unoccupied) probably mid to late C17. Thin coursed rubble, ashlar quoins, stone slate roof. 2 storeys. U-shaped to south. 3-room plan with projecting cross-wings. Flush with eastern wing is 2 storey porch under catslide roof with central hall range. All are double chamfered mullioned windows. Western cross-wing has 5-light window with same over to 1st floor. Right hand return wall has single light (blocked) to 1st floor. Hall range has 6-light window and 2-light fire-window to housebody and 5-light window to 1st floor. Porch has quoined angle and Tudor arched lintel, composite jambs with stop chamfered surround which forms spandrels, similar inner doorway (render may cover date), 2-light window over to 1st floor. Eastern wing has window altered to 3 wide lights and 4-light window over to 1st floor (the only one to have cavetto chamfered mullions). Left hand return wall (rendered) has 3-light window over inserted doorway. Rear has 3 gables. Eastern wing is blind. Tudor arched doorway to through passage has chamfered surround with broach stop. 2 parallel ranges break forward. That to rear of hall range has double chamfered mullioned windows of 2 lights with 3-light window to gable. Set between gables is projecting rainwater chute. West wing has 5-light double chamfered mullioned windows to both floors, 4 stacks to ridge; one backs on to through passage.