Description

SE 02 NW
SE 012262
2/74
19.7.63

HEBDEN ROYD C.P.
(off) BURNLEY ROAD (north side)
Mytholmroyd
Redacre House

II*

House, late C16. Large dressed stone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys, 3-room
front with F-plan, with projecting 2-storey porch and cross-wing all with coped
gables with kneelers with a 3rd gable set between over the housebody. 4 linear
divisions. 1st is service end with wide altered window with over to 1st floor
single arched light with spandrels. 2nd division is formed by porch which
breaks forward and has Tudor arched doorway with roll moulded surround. 1st
floor jetties out with cyma moulded cornice under. All windows are double
chamfered mullioned with cavetto moulded mullions and hoodmould. Porch chamber
formerly of 3 lights. Set back is 3rd division. Cross-firewindow to left of
6-light housebody window with king mullion. Over in gabled attic dormer is
3-light window with carved ball to apex stone. Wing breaks forward; inserted
doorway with monolithic jambs to left of 6-light window with king mullion.
Over, to 1st floor, a single arched light with spandrels to left of 5-light
window. Attached to left hand return wall is barn of no interest. This is
excluded from the item. Right hand return wall has lateral stack with offsets
and diamond set flue slightly truncated. To right is 3-light chamfered
mullioned window to rear room. Rear has similar 4-light window to 1st floor.
Pointed arched doorway with chamfered surround to former through passage blocked
to form a window. 3 stacks to ridge.
Interior: Inner doorway has Tudor arched lintel with stop chamfered surround.
Housebody retains stop chamfered bressumer on heck-post and segmental arched
fireplace on skewbacks with elaborate moulded surround (cyma, step, step).
Stop chamfered spine beams and joists. The house is important as it is probably
the earliest house in Calderdale exhibiting an F-plan. C. F. Stell, p.75.

Listing NGR: SE0120126258

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17542445

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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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)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)