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Description: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 Water Green and attached Barn

Address: Water Green Water Green Lane Soyland Sowerby Bridge Calderdale

Grade: II

Group detail: Water Green Lane, Lighthazles, Soyland

Full description:
Row of 5 cottages and attached barn. Nos. 2, 3 and 4 were originally a house of 1671 with 3-room through-passage plan. No. 1 was added late C18, No. 5 and barn was added early to mid C19. Hammer dressed stone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys. Earliest build Nos. 4, 3 and 2 have double chamfered mullioned window of 4 lights, 6 lights with king mullion, inserted doorway with monolithic jambs to left of original doorway to through-passage which has composite jambs. Tudor arched lintel inscribed " I A F 1671" with cyma moulded surround. Continuous hoodmould with straight returns over these windows and doorway. 3-light and 2-light (fire-window?) chamfered mullioned windows. Quoins at junction of No. 1. 1st floor has some chamfered mullioned windows of 4 lights. No. 1, added to right, has 3-light flat faced mullioned window to each floor and doorway with monolithic jambs. Quoins. Higher roof line. No. 5 is cottage taken out of added C19 barn with mistal doorway with monolithic jambs. All are later inserted windows. Left hand return wall of bar has quoined angles, 2-light flat faced mullioned windows and coped gable with kneelers. Rear has largely altered windows. No. 3 preserves 3-light chamfered mullioned window to 1st floor. 4 stacks to ridge, one backs on to through-passage, and 3 others. The house of 1671 was the former house of Samuel Ogden celebrated late C17 clock maker of the Halifax district, one of his clocks being on display in Shibden Hall museum, Halifax.