Lower Clay Pitts

Lower Clay Pitts, Clay Pitts Lane

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1231558
Date first listed:: 15-Jul-1984
List Entry Name:: Lower Clay Pitts
Statutory Address:: Lower Clay Pitts, Clay Pitts Lane

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1231558
Date first listed:: 15-Jul-1984
List Entry Name:: Lower Clay Pitts
Statutory Address 1:: Lower Clay Pitts, Clay Pitts Lane

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Lower Clay Pitts, Clay Pitts Lane

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Calderdale (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:: Ripponden
National Grid Reference:: SE 02698 21348

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 25 March 2021 to reformat the text to current standards

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RIPPONDEN (former U.D.) CLAY PITS LANE Lower Clay Pits

GV II

House, initialled and dated "RSH 1625/ AH TD". Hammer dressed stone, stone slate roof. Three-room linear plan with through passage. Two storey front, single storey aisle to rear. Quoins. All are chamfered mullioned windows, mostly renewed to ground floor. Four-light window with five-light window over to first floor; four-light window with five-light window over, two-light fire-window with two-light window over to first floor; doorway with composite jambs. Inscribed Tudor arched lintel with chamfered surround which continues to define spandrels; two-light window with same over to first floor. Left hand return wall has remains of extruded stack, coped gable with kneelers and replacement stack. Rear and side is rendered, obscuring original detail, though a single chamfered light and mullioned window of two wide lights survive; through-passage doorway has monolithic jambs. Right hand return wall has two-light chamfered mullioned window; three-light flat faced mullioned window with six-light double chamfered mullioned and transomed stepped window (two over six) to gable which has finial to apex; doorway with monolithic jambs, quoins mark division between added outshut, perhaps only added to service end. One stack to ridge, backs on to through-passage, two other stacks.

Interior: rear through-passage doorway (now set within aisle) has basket-arched lintel with chamfer. Housebody has scarf-jointed spine beams, evidence of former bressumer now replaced by late C17 segmental arched fire-place with skewbacks and cyma moulded surround and half lap joints possibly indicating reused tie beam from a cruck framed house. Parlour has main spine beam with heavy curve and half lap joint, possibly reused cruck blade. Aisle to rear of housebody has heavily jowled post with half lap joint carrying arcade plate with two half lap joints. King-post truss with single angle struts.

Listing NGR: SE0269821348

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The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 406347
Legacy System:: LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.