Description

SE 13 NW SHIPLEY SHAY LANE
(east side)
Heaton Royds

2/116 No 7

GV II

House. Dated 1632. Thought to have been built for John Dixon. Rendered
walls. Stone slate roof. Cross-passage plan. Two storeys, 4 bays.
Central porch with recent door containing stone seat. The inner doorway
is Tudor-arched and has studded door. To right is a 6-light windows with
king-mullion and a 2-light window, both double-chamfered and with hoodmould.
Between them is an inserted C19 window. To the left is a later or altered
window and a 5-light double-chamfered window, both with hoodmould. To
the far left is the Tudor-arched entrance to a through-passage. To lst-floor
double-chamfered windows of 3, 4, 3 and 4 lights, and central Tudor-arched
taking-in door. Hollow-chamfered gable copings to right on moulded
kneeler with shaped finial. Central stack. The rear of the house projects
to left and has double-chamfered windows to both floors of 2, 3 and 4 lights.
To the extreme right is a Tudor-arched entrance to the through-passage.
The right gable has a large projecting chimney breast narrowing to a broad
gable stack: To the right of this is an entrance with a tablet over which
reads:
" I D AN
O DOM
1632 "

Interior: Cross-passage runs behind the central chimney breast which has
a broad, arched fireplace to the left room. Good C17 oak panelling to
the two rooms on right, each of which has a broad, arched fireplace in
right gable, the rear room with small fire window. Entrance in right
gable has a stone baffle screen. More fireplaces and panelling upstairs.

Listing NGR: SE1368136070

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26496050

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Recommended Books

• 
  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990