Description

HEBDEN B6265 SE 0263-0363 (north side, off) Scar Top House 11/38 10.9.54 II House. Mid - late C17 with later additions and restoration c1980. Coursed squared gritstone and rubble, graduated stone slate roof. Quoins. 2 storeys, the original house of 1 bay with an added bay to left and 2 bays and probably C20 projecting wing to right. The original house has a C20 board door in a chamfered surround with shallow triangular head and a restored 4-light recessed mullion window to right, all under a continuous hoodmould. A round-headed narrow chamfered window above the door and a tall 3-light mullioned window in a reused C17 surround to right. Left bay: a board door in a chamfered quoined surround left, a small square chamfered window right, loading door with long and short quoins reduced to a C20 window above. Bay to right: a restored 4-light recessed chamfered mullion window to ground floor; two 2-light mullioned windows with reused C17 stonework above. The projecting bay to far right has a doorway with chamfered quoined jambs and restored lintel; all windows are C20 apart from a narrow round-headed window to first floor of left return. Bulbous kneelers and gable copings to main range and wing. A large stack with crenellated cornice to ridge opposite the C17 entrance. Interior: the front door opens into a small lobby with a doorway to right into the living room in which the fireplace has a cambered arched lintel on massive jamb stones, the left jamb stones tied to the jamb of the doorway from the lobby. A remote house and a rare single-bay C17 building.

Listing NGR: SE0277663914

External Links

• Wikidata Q26460544

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  For the Record
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)