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Dean House

A Grade II Listed Building in Northowram and Shelf, Calderdale

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.7467 / 53°44'47"N

Longitude: -1.8028 / 1°48'10"W

OS Eastings: 413099

OS Northings: 427827

OS Grid: SE130278

Mapcode National: GBR HTV3.HN

Mapcode Global: WHC9N.83R2

Plus Code: 9C5WP5WW+MV

Entry Name: Dean House

Listing Date: 2 December 1983

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1300073

English Heritage Legacy ID: 338951

ID on this website: 101300073

Location: Low Bentley, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HX3

County: Calderdale

Electoral Ward/Division: Northowram and Shelf

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Bradford

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Shelf St Michael and All Angels

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

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Description


SHELF BRIDLE STILE
SE 12 NW;
1/17 Dean House

II

House, of hall and cross-wing plan, 2 storeys. Cross wing is early C17; Hall is
mid C18 probably replacing an earlier structure. Dressed stone to wing and 1st
2 courses of hall which is of hammer-dressed stone above window; stone slate
roof. South front of projecting cross wing has finely moulded jambs to double
chamfered mullioned and transomed ground floor window with hoodmould over, all
mullions and transoms removed, probably of 10 lights with similar window over.
Right hand return wall of wing has double chamfered mullioned window of 3 lights
broken into to form door to garden, small square light with chamfered surround
over. Coped gable with kneelers. Hall is one large cell with quoins to right
hand end gable which is coped with moulded kneelers and stack. Long flat faced
mullioned window of probably 10 lights retaining only 3 mullions has 5-light
window over (one mullion remains). Above outermost pair of lights is square
recess with projecting surround probably for date plaque now gone or too
weathered to reveal any detail. Rear of cross-wing has two 3-light chamfered
mullioned windows with 4-light over (all lacking mullions). Coped gable and
crocketed finial to apex. Quoins to the angles as the rear and side wall is in
smaller rougher hammer-dressed stone than the facade. G. Hepworth, Brighouse,
its scenery and antiquities (Halifax 1885) p.24 (illustrates house before
mullions removed).


Listing NGR: SE1309927827

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