Description

HEALEYFIELD HEALEYFIELD LANE
NZ 14 NW (South side, off)

4/53 Fell Close Cottage

GV II

Farmhouse, now used as animal shelter. Probably early C17 with C18 alterations.
Coursed sandstone rubble with wide quoins and boulder plinth; patches of render
on rear. Corrugated iron roof on main building, collapsed heather thatch on
porch. Gable entry plan. 2 low storeys, 4 bays with west gable porch.

South elevation: wood lintels over wide door in third bay and flanking wide
windows, that at right blocked; first-floor vent slit at left and square opening
in second bay. Steeply-pitched roof. Left porch partly collapsed. Left return
gable has chamfered wood lintel to studded plank door with Tudor-arched head in
shaped wood surround. Rear elevation shows blocked door under wood lintel
opposite front door; small square window under wide lintel to left of door; and
blocked fire window at right. First-floor central loft opening; exposed beam
ends.

Interior: partly plastered; massive chamfered beams, with stepped and curved
stops; wide, stone lintel over inserted oven and fire against left gable;
heck post and space for ladder stair beside fire. Small plain stone surround
to fire against right gable. Peg holes in chamfer at central point of beam may
indicate position of partitions. Roof has 3 sets of upper crucks, of large
scantling, with varied apex detail - one saddle; massive chimney beam high in
west gable with peg holes for former hood; stone chimney flues inserted against
each gable.

Listing NGR: NZ0675847644

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26586843

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)