Description

BRIGHOUSE TOWNGATE, CLIFTON
SE 12 SE (north side)

4/174 Highley Hall and Barn
(formerly listed as
73 Towngate)
3.1.67
II*

House and attached barn. Dated 1632. Large finely dressed stone, stone slate
roof. 2 storeys. House faces south-east and presents a symmetrical elevation
of 3 bays. The outer bays have gabled porches with copings, kneelers and
lantern finials to apex. Low Tudor arched lintels with spandrels. The right
hand porch bears date and initials 'RH. ' Between are 3 bays of double chamfered
mullioned windows of 4 lights to central bay and 3 lights to the outer bays with
same over. A drip course runs between the porches rising over windows slightly
dropping between. A large central well-dressed stack with weathered course and
4 coupled diagonally set flues with offsets at corners. Right hand return wall
is of hammer-dressed stone and blind with coped gable with kneelers and tall
lantern finial to apex. Left hand return wall faces south-west and is a point
of display with dressed stone and double chamfered mullioned and transomed
windows of 12 lights, with king mullion, to ground floor and 10 lights to 1st
floor. Both have hoodmoulds with straight return. Over is double chamfered
2-light mullioned attic window. Coped gable lacks finial. The windows are
slightly offset to accommodate front wall of barn which overlaps and is of
finely dressed stone with segmental arched cart entry with composite jambs to
the left of which is ½ aisle which breaks forward and has Tudor arched doorways
to mistal to 2 return wall and side. Coped gables. King post truss interior
with heavy tie beams. It is unusual to find a symmetrical vernacular building
as early as 1630 in this region. D. Nortcliffe, Buildings of Brighouse,
(Brighouse 1978), p.42.

Listing NGR: SE1595722979

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17543086

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