Byres And Loft South-East Of High Shipley

MARWOOD B 6278 NZ 02 SW (South side, off) 7/56 Byres and loft south-east of High Shipley House

GV II

House, now byres and loft. Late C17 with C18 and early C20 alterations. Sandstone rubble with corner boulder plinth, quoins and ashlar dressings; stone-flagged roof with stone gable copings. L-plan. 2 storeys, 4 bays with one-storey, one-bay left pent extension and one-storey, 2-bay rear wing. C17 chamfered irregular-block surround with recessed flat-Tudor-arched head to boarded door in second bay; J. LAMB S HIGH incised on right jamb. Similar door inserted in third bay; side stone steps to first-floor boarded door at right of third bay;first bay has blocked wide ground-floor window with wide thin lintel over inserted light, and 2 pitching doors above; recessed diamond- shaped stone panel over C17 door, square lights on each floor in fourth bay; wood lintels, most renewed. Boarded door in left extension. Roof has cyma- moulded kneelers and left end truncated square chimney. Rear elevation shows full-height recessed centre, with some quoins and 2 wood lintels, probably the inner wall of a demolished stair.

Interior shows ground floor altered, with stalls, pens and hay rack. First floor has 2 rooms, each with C17 stone fire surround in left wall: that at left corniced with moulded surround, that in centre wall with flat Tudor arch, and moulded surround partly obscured by plaster; and small blank rectangular recess in lintel. Roof has upper cruck trusses with tie beams, high collars, and saddles; 2 levels of trenched purlins, overlapping; renewed rafters and ridge piece; spurs on outer trusses; tie beams and intermediate attic floor beams all with stepped-concave-stopped chamfers and cut to receive floor joists, now removed. Some panelling at attic level continuing division formed by central wall. Blocked 2-light-windows in gable peaks. Rear wing shows single truss and principal rafters with swept eaves.

Listing NGR: NZ0146621600