Butler Cottage and Butler Farmhouse

BUTLER COTTAGE AND BUTLER FARMHOUSE, BUTLER LANE

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1133403
Date first listed:
18-Oct-1985
List Entry Name:
Butler Cottage and Butler Farmhouse
Statutory Address:
BUTLER COTTAGE AND BUTLER FARMHOUSE, BUTLER LANE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1133403
Date first listed:
18-Oct-1985
List Entry Name:
Butler Cottage and Butler Farmhouse
Statutory Address 1:
BUTLER COTTAGE AND BUTLER FARMHOUSE, BUTLER LANE

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

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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Corrections and minor amendments

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
BUTLER COTTAGE AND BUTLER FARMHOUSE, BUTLER LANE

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

District:
Bradford (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:
Baildon
National Grid Reference:
SE 15611 39593

Details

SE1539NE BAILDON BUTLER LANE (south side)

11/7 Butler Cottage and Butler Farmhouse

GV II

Also known as No 35 and 37 Church Hill. House, now 2 dwellings. Mid C17. Hammer-dressed stone, dressed quoins, stone slate roof. 2 storeys with single-storey outshut to rear. 2-cell, gable-entry plan. Three 1st-floor windows. All are double-chamfered mullioned windows, those to ground floor having hood-moulds. 1st cell (Butler Cottage) has former 5-light window with lowered sill altered to 2 lights and with inserted doorway. 3-light window above. 2nd cell has 6-light window (lacking a mullion), 4-light window above; inserted doorway with French windows to left of 2-light fire-window (lacks mullion) with 4-light window above. Coped gable with kneelers and stack to right. Rear has low sweeping roof with 2-light window (blocked) to left of doorway with tie-stone jambs (blocked). Other 2-light window (blocked) and 2 later inserted windows. Right-hand return wall has wide doorway with tie-stone jambs (blocked) forming original gable-entry. Set above is taking-in-door with tie-stone jambs, partly blocked to window. To left, doorway with tie-stone jambs.

Interior: Cottage has stop-chamfered spine-bean and moulded beam with groove to its soffit for board-and-muntin panelling a small section of which survives. Basket-arched fireplace with stop-chamfered surround. King-post truss with single-angle struts. lst-floor chamber has C18 fireplace (probably when Butler House(q.v.)was built) with architrave and moulded shelf with a 2-light double-chamfered mullioned window now blocked by Butler House. Farmhouse has the continuation of same chamfered spine-beam as in cottage. This has scarf-joint to north-east end, evidence of former bressumer.

Listing NGR: SE1561139593

Legacy

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

Legacy System number:
337858
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.

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