Description

GRASSINGTON CHAMBER END FOLD SE 0064-0164 (north side) 8/11 Nos. 2,4, and 6 6.10.69 GV II House, now 3 properties. Dated 1685 with mid - late C18 and early C19 subdivision and alterations. Coursed gritstone rubble, graduated stone slate roof. Nos. 4 and 6 of 2 storeys; no. 2 has 3 storeys, all have 2 first-floor windows. No. 2 is the most prominent, on the east end close to Main Street. Board door left in quoined surround, shallow triangular doorhead; date plaque in stone frame above, "I H 1685" in raised letters and "L M 75" added. C20 imitation sashes in slightly projecting surround to right and 2 to first floor. A recessed chamfered mullion window of 3 stepped lights with hoodmould to second floor right. Shaped gable coping, stone gutter brackets, end stacks. No. 4: central glazed door in plain surround with cornice; 4-light, now 2-light, recessed chamfered mullion wiindow to left, 4-pane sash in plain surround to right and 2 similar to first floor; stone gutter brackets, corniced ashlar stack left. No. 6: door in plain surround to right, C20 casement in plain surround to left, two 4-pane sashes in plain surrounds to first floor. A continuous dripmould, broken by the ground-floor left window, is carried across Nos. 2 and 4. Stone gutter brackets, large corniced stack left. The C17 house was possibly divided into separate cottages in the later C18 to accommodate mining families when the Duke of Devonshire began to develop the lead mines on Yarnbury after 1750. Being visible fron the main street No. 2 was of more importance and the alterations then included raising the roof and resetting a C17 window to light the added storey. Nos. 4 and 6 remained more humble buildings, being refenestrated in the mid C19, a period of rapid expansion in the lead industry.

Listing NGR: SE0032064206

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