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Higher House

A Grade II Listed Building in Hebden Royd, Calderdale

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.6985 / 53°41'54"N

Longitude: -2.0024 / 2°0'8"W

OS Eastings: 399936

OS Northings: 422448

OS Grid: SD999224

Mapcode National: GBR GTGN.8Y

Mapcode Global: WHB8M.69QJ

Plus Code: 9C5VMXXX+92

Entry Name: Higher House

Listing Date: 21 June 1984

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1230440

English Heritage Legacy ID: 405356

ID on this website: 101230440

Location: Cragg Vale, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HX7

County: Calderdale

Civil Parish: Hebden Royd

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Cragg Vale St John the Baptist-in-the-Wilderness

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

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SD 92 SE
SE 999224
3/270

HEBDEN ROYD C.P.
Cragg Vale
TENTER HILL LANE
Higher House

II

House, (derelict) dated and initialled " W S N/ 1666 ". Large dressed stone, stone slate roof survives in parts only. Two storeys. Three-room front with rear dairy. Through-passage plan. All are double chamfered mullioned windows to ground floor, chamfered mullioned to first floor. Four-light window with same over. Inserted C19 doorway with monolithic jambs. Six-light housebody window with four-light window over. Two-light fire-window with four-light flat faced mullioned window over. Doorway with composite jambs, Tudor arch lintel with date set within a tressure, stop chamfered surround. To right of door is small square chamfered opening (blocked). Over, two-light window. Two former two-light windows with hoodmould with heart shaped label stop. Other hoodmoulds with straight returns over ground floor windows. Over is three-light window. Most windows lack some mullions. Left hand return wall has extruded stack with offsets. Some windows survive to ground floor at rear. A once fine building much abused by neglect.

Listing NGR: SD9993622448

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