Chickenley Heath Farmhouse and Outbuildings

CHICKENLEY HEATH FARMHOUSE AND OUTBUILDINGS, WAKEFIELD ROAD

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1261751
Date first listed:
20-Jun-1989
List Entry Name:
Chickenley Heath Farmhouse and Outbuildings
Statutory Address:
CHICKENLEY HEATH FARMHOUSE AND OUTBUILDINGS, WAKEFIELD ROAD
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1261751
Date first listed:
20-Jun-1989
List Entry Name:
Chickenley Heath Farmhouse and Outbuildings
Statutory Address 1:
CHICKENLEY HEATH FARMHOUSE AND OUTBUILDINGS, WAKEFIELD ROAD

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
CHICKENLEY HEATH FARMHOUSE AND OUTBUILDINGS, WAKEFIELD ROAD

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

District:
Wakefield (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
SE 26568 21810

Details

The following shall be added

SE 22 SE OSSETT WAKEFIELD ROAD (north side)

3/24/A Chickenley Heath Farmhouse and Outbuildings

II

Farmhouse and attached outbuildings. Late C17, late C18 and early C19 with C20 alterations. Coursed rubble partly rendered and red brick with ashlar dressings. Stone slate hipped roof, and Welsh slate and C20 corrugated iron roofs. L-plan original brick farmhouse, and barn, new early C19 farmhouse attached to south, plus late C18 outbuilding range to north. The present farmhouse, now rendered, 2 storey, west front 3 bays with off-centre doorway with C20 glazed door and overlight, flanked by single glazing bar sashes, beyond to the right a tiny sash and to the left a partially blocked doorway containing a C20 casement, beyond again another C20 casement. Above 4 windows. Around the corner a double glazing bar sash with above loft doorway with partly glazed door. Set back to the north the late C18 2 storey coursed rubble range containing the remains of various flush stone mullion windows mostly disfigured by later openings. The east gable wall, to the original north range has a glazing bar sash with above a blocked loft doorway with flush ashlar surround. The south front has an off-centre doorway with flush ashlar surround, to the right 2 sashes, and to the left a large partially blocked doorway. Above a glazing bar sash, a 3 light casement and 2 sashes. The interior of the original farmhouse and barn range has chamfered spine beams and a complete late C17 roof with 3 king post trusses in the west range and 4 in the north range. All these trusses have king posts with carved tops and braces, plus staggered but purlins.

Listing NGR: SE2656821810

Legacy

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

Legacy System number:
342600
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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