Description

SD 0419 RIPPONDEN (former U.D.) (off) BANK HEY BOTTOM
SE 040192 LANE
9/3 Nos 3 and 6 Heights
including attached
15.8.66 gateway [formerly listed
as Height (4 dwellings)]

GV II

Late C16 house, now forming 2 dwellings. Hammer dressed stone, ashlar
dressings, stone slate roof. 2 storeys. 3-room through-passage plan with
projecting gabled cross-wing which has plinth, string course and coped gable;
double chamfered mullioned windows of 2 lights and 4 lights (lacking some
mullions) to ground floor to left of inserted doorway with monolithic jambs; 1st
floor has 4-light window with hoodmould with heart-shaped stops. Through
passage doorway has shaped lintel and stop chamfered surround (blocked to form a
window); under one hoodmould are 2 double chamfered mullioned windows to light
housebody, one of 6 lights with king mullion the other of 5 lights; 1st floor
has windows of 3 lights and 5 lights with 2-light window set between (blocked).
End cell has 5-light window with hoodmould with stops in the form of carved
faces with 5-light window over to 1st floor. Left hand return wall has single
storey outshut enclosing 2 lateral stacks. Rear forms U-shaped plan under 3
gables with copings and kneelers, Ground floor has chamfered mullioned windows,
1st floor has double chamfered mullioned windows of 4 lights to projecting wings
with hoodmoulds with spiral stops. Central gable, over through-passge doorway
has 3-light window with arched lights and decorated label stops. 2 other
stacks, one backs on to through passage.

Interior: housebody has scarf-jointed spine-beams, evidence of former bressumer,
and stop-chamfered joists; fine fireplace with depressed Tudor arched lintel,
sunken spandrels and richly moulded surround. Rear room of cross-wing has
basket-arched fireplace to former kitchen. Attached to rear of east wing is
tall entrance gateway with depressed Tudor arched lintel and cyma moulded
surround, Gothic coping with bases for 3 ball finials replaced by stone
cylinders.

Listing NGR: SE0401019265

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26524837

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)