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Sowdens

A Grade II Listed Building in Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury, Bradford

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.8273 / 53°49'38"N

Longitude: -1.9607 / 1°57'38"W

OS Eastings: 402681

OS Northings: 436777

OS Grid: SE026367

Mapcode National: GBR GSR5.9S

Mapcode Global: WHB81.V2H8

Plus Code: 9C5WR2GQ+WP

Entry Name: Sowdens

Listing Date: 23 February 1955

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1199538

English Heritage Legacy ID: 338148

ID on this website: 101199538

Location: Haworth, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD22

County: Bradford

Civil Parish: Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Haworth St Michael and All Angels

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

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Description


This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 4 June 2026 to correct a spelling in the address and reformat the text to current standards

SE 0236 and SE 0336
22/57

KEIGHLEY
Haworth
DIMPLES LANE (east side, off)
Sowdens

23.2.55

II
Farmhouse, now cottage and outbuildings. C17. Stone, stone slate roof. One storey; C20 windows. Rear elevation: two low storeys: stone mullion windows, some blocked. Left return: gabled porch with coping has moulded Tudor-arched opening, inner stone benches and inner-chamfered, Tudor-arched doorway with original oak-peged oak door with wrought ironwork. Re-used datestone of 1699. From 1742-63 the home of William Grimshaw, incumbent of Haworth, who encouraged the growth of Methodism in Haworth, being instrumental in building the Methodist chapel in 1758, and held many meetings in the kitchen at Sowdens.

Listing NGR: SE0268136777

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