Byres And Loft South-East Of High Shipley

The building known as the byres and loft south-east of High Shipley House is a house that has been repurposed and dates from the late 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th century and early 20th century. It is constructed from sandstone rubble and features a corner boulder plinth, quoins, and ashlar dressings. The roof is stone-flagged with stone gable copings and is laid out in an L-plan.

The structure has two storeys and consists of four bays, along with a one-storey, one-bay pent extension on the left and a one-storey, two-bay rear wing. The front façade includes a 17th-century chamfered irregular-block surround with a recessed flat-Tudor-arched head leading to a boarded door in the second bay, which has "J. LAMB S HIGH" incised on the right jamb. A similar door has been inserted in the third bay, and there are side stone steps leading to a first-floor boarded door to the right of this bay. The first bay features a blocked wide ground-floor window with a wide thin lintel above an inserted light, and two pitching doors above it. There is a recessed diamond-shaped stone panel over the 17th-century door, and square lights on each floor in the fourth bay, with wood lintels, most of which have been renewed. A boarded door is present in the left extension. The roof has cyma-moulded kneelers and a truncated square chimney at the left end. The rear elevation displays a full-height recessed centre, with some quoins and two wood lintels, likely indicating the inner wall of a demolished stair.

The interior has been altered on the ground floor to accommodate stalls, pens, and a hay rack. The first floor contains two rooms, each featuring a 17th-century stone fire surround in the left wall: the left one has a corniced moulded surround, while the centre wall has a flat Tudor arch with a moulded surround that is partly obscured by plaster, along with a small blank rectangular recess in the lintel. The roof structure includes upper cruck trusses with tie beams, high collars, and saddles, along with two levels of trenched purlins that overlap, renewed rafters, and a ridge piece. The outer trusses have spurs, and the tie beams and intermediate attic floor beams all have stepped-concave-stopped chamfers, cut to receive floor joists that have since been removed. Some panelling at attic level continues the division formed by the central wall, and there are blocked two-light windows in the gable peaks. The rear wing features a single truss and principal rafters with swept eaves.