Lower Clay Pitts
Lower Clay Pitts, Clay Pitts Lane
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1231558
- Date first listed:
- 16-Jul-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Lower Clay Pitts
- Statutory Address:
- Lower Clay Pitts, Clay Pitts Lane
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1231558
- Date first listed:
- 16-Jul-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Lower Clay Pitts
- Statutory Address 1:
- Lower Clay Pitts, Clay Pitts 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:
- 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
SE 02SW
SE 026213
2/22
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
Legacy
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.
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