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Description: Lightcliffe Royd

Address: Lightcliffe Royd Lightcliffe Royd Lane Barkisland Halifax West Yorkshire HX4 0BU

Grade: II

Group detail: Lightcliffe Royd Lane, Barkisland

Full description:
House now in 2 occupations. Mid C17. Ashlar, stone slate roof. 2-storey south front, single storey aisle to rear. Plinth, string-course 3-room, through-passage plan with single storey contemporary gabled porch to south front. All are double chamfered mullioned windows: 5-light parlour window; 7-light housebody window, former 2-light fire-window; porch has coped gable with kneelers with spiral decoration, Tudor arched doorway with moulded surround and shields set within the spandrels; 3-light window to service end which has added bay c1983 out of sympathy. 1st floor windows lack some mullions and have hoodmoulds with decorative stops (one bears initials "IB"); 2 of 4 lights, one of 5 lights. Left hand return wall has 2-light window to aisle at 1st floor. Rear has 5-light window with chamfered mullioned windows of 2 lights to either side and another of 3 lights. Set back from aisle is doorway with Tudor arched lintel and chamfered surround. 1st cell has 2-storey extension c1983 with flat roof totally out of keeping. 3 stacks to ridge. Interior of housebody has scarf-jointed spine-beams which are stop chamfered, evidence of former bressumer. Parlour has fireplace with Tudor arched lintel and chamfered surround. Doorways with Tudor arched lintels to either side of through passage.