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Description: Nos. 43, 45 and 47 (The Hollins)

Address: 43 - 47 Hollins Lane (odd) Sowerby Bridge Calderdale HX6 2RS

Grade: II

Group detail: Hollins Lane (west side)

Full description:
House, now 3 dwellings. Late medieval, of several builds; encased in C17 (possibly 1688); subdivided, altered, added to and possibly re-encased mid C19. Timber frame encased in C19 coursed squared stone; stone slate roof. 2-storey hall, formerly with rear aisle, having wing projecting forward on right and cross-wing projecting to rear on left. South-east front: 3 cells, 1st one (No. 43) with one 1st-floor window; 2nd one (No. 45) with three 1st-floor windows and a 4th in a pent 2-storey porch projecting on right which leads onto dais; 3rd cell (No. 47) projecting further forward and with four 1st floor windows. Doors and windows are C19 with plain stone surrounds, the doorways of Nos. 43 and 47 with cornices and No. 43s leading into the original cross-passage. Plain gutter brackets. Roof hipped at left end and at left end of No. 47. Various C19 stacks. Interior: at left end of No. 45, backing on to cross-passage, is tall fireplace with stop-chamfered moulded surround and moulded cornice with pendants inscribed 'R '1688 'T'. In No. 43 the cross-wing is separated from the passage by a partition wall of several courses of stone supporting plank and muntin panelling with close-studded walling above; mortices in the wall plate suggest the hall was floored over before the 1688 fireplace was inserted. The wing was formerly subdivided by a timber cross-wall. On the 1st floor of No. 43 close-studded timber-framing can be seen at various points in the front and back walls. On the right side of the wing, at the back, is a stone wall with a double chamfered mullion window which looks into the central area of the hall, implying that this was not originally so deep. In this position in the hall, there also seems to have been a gable at one time, indicating various phases of development. In the roof there are 2-king post trusses over the hall (one with A struts) and 2 over the wing. Mortices in the rafters adjacent to the main stack show the existence of a former cap for a firehood. RCHM(E) report (31479).