Old Edge
OLD EDGE, EDGE LANE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1226099
- Date first listed:
- 01-Nov-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Old Edge
- Statutory Address:
- OLD EDGE, EDGE LANE
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2000-06-25
- Reference:
- IOE01/02175/32
- Rights:
- © Mr Norman Hurst. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1226099
- Date first listed:
- 01-Nov-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Old Edge
- Statutory Address 1:
- OLD EDGE, EDGE 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.
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- OLD EDGE, EDGE LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Calderdale (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Heptonstall
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 95639 29243
Details
SD 92NE HEPTONSTALL C.P. EDGE LANE, SD 956292 Colden 7/57 Old Edge
1.11.66
- II*
House, substantial remains of early C16 timber-framed open hall encased in stone early C17 with added porch dated 1676, restored with some rebuilding c.1975. Large dressed stone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys. 3-room through passage plan with rear kitchen wing. Double chamfered mullioned windows to ground floor with continuous hoodmould over, single chamfered windows to 1st floor. 5-light window, long hall window of 6 and 5 lights, 1st floor has 2 windows of 3 lights. 2-storey gabled porch with kneelers, coping and crocketed finial to apex. Broad doorway with segmental arched lintel inscribed "PEACE BE WITHIN THY GATE" has S T G 16 76 hoodmould and cyma moulded surround. Over is double chamfered mullioned stepped window of 3 lights. 6-light window to service end with one of 4 lights over. Left hand return wall has 6-light window to ground floor and 4-light window to 1st floor. Right hand return wall has 6-light window with same over to 1st floor. Rear has 3-light window to left of through passage doorway with straight lintel and chamfered surround. Wing breaks forward with gable stack. East face has 3-light chamfered mullioned window with same over to 1st floor. 2 stacks to ridge; one backs on to through passage. Interior: Doorway into service end from through passage has Tudor arched lintel with cyma moulded surround. Service room has segmental arched fireplace with moulded shelf. Hall open to roof with rich display of early C16 woodwork. Closing trusses to east and west of hall have king posts with vertical struts. Hall of 2 bays with central king-post truss (with angle struts) braced to diamond set ridge. Tie-beam has mortices for earlier posts and braces. East truss of hall has top of post with jowelled head the soffit of tie-beam grooved for plank and muntin panelling which survives in part with triple-reeded edges. In the C17 a fine fireplace was inserted with broad segmental arch carried on skewbacks with cyma moulded surround surmounted by boldly projecting shelf. To north, king-post truss with 8 "V" struts to carry roof of rear wing, which has fireplace with segmental arched lintel carried on corbelled jambs to each floor. To rear of parlour is small room entered through doorway with ogee lintel. C.F. Stell, p.77-9, 235-7, 242, 289, 291.
Listing NGR: SD9563929243
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 423051
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Stell, C F, Vernacular Architecture in a Pennine Community, (1960), 291
Stell, C F, Vernacular Architecture in a Pennine Community, (1960), 77-9,235-7
Stell, C F, Vernacular Architecture in a Pennine Community, (1960), 242, 289
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 29-Jun-2026 at 10:46:01.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.