Description

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5111 BARKEREND ROAD BD3

Paper Hall
SE 1633 SE 37/34 4.9.52

II*

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Built by William Rookes in 1643. Coursed sandstone rubble U plan substantial house.
Two-storeys and attic, recessed centre with 3-storey gabled wings. The left wing
has large mullioned and transomed windows with West Riding gable window of 4 lower
lights and 2 upper. Moulded doorway with 4 centred arch in squared head, ornamental
spandrels, lintel inscribed 1643. The right hand wing remodelled later in the C17
with 3 lofty single mullion and transom windows. A continuous drip mould rises above
the lower windows to four triangular pediments. Gable windows as in other wing.
Other fronts have various mullioned windows. The interior largely altered but there
are arched stone fireplaces to the centre block on ground and first floor and roof
trusses to the centre block and east wing. These have ties, yokes supporting short
king posts, a ridge and side purlins.

Listing NGR: SE1691333425

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Paper Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q15979227

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)