Sunny Bank Farmhouse

This is a late 15th century timber-framed farmhouse, with substantial alterations and a stone casing added in the mid 18th century. It is located on Sunnybank Lane in Brighouse. The building has a hall and cross-wings plan. The left-hand wing projects with a gable, and the right-hand wing is under the same roof as the hall, except to the rear, where two gables flank a single-storey aisle beneath a cat slide roof. The south front shows 18th-century details with three bays over two storeys. The first bay contains a three-light mullioned window with a columbarium above. The hall range has two bays, each with a doorway featuring monolithic jambs and six, four, and three-light mullioned windows. There are two stacks on the ridge.

Inside, much of the original timber framing remains, and evidence suggests it may originate from an earlier structure. A timbered arcade separates the aisle from the hall, displaying posts and braces. The ground floor features board and muntin panelling, while the first floor has close-studded walling. A timber partition originally divided the hall from the west wing; the closed aisled truss of this partition remains, featuring a king post truss with unusual cusped braces to the ridge. The west wing was accessed from the hall via two doorways, with the southern one still present; there does not appear to have been a connecting door between the two rooms within the wing.

The northern room retains its original fireplace in the west wall, featuring a Tudor arched lintel and a simple chamfered surround. Post and braces run in front of a stone wall, below the hall’s closing truss. A closed king-post truss with eight vertical struts is positioned between the chambers. The king post truss in the east wing is closed with six vertical struts and is unique for having a diagonally set ridge. The projecting rear wing likely served as the service end of the building, containing a kitchen and possibly a loom shop. Although the exterior has been altered, the interior preserves a comparatively untouched 16th-century timber frame.