Star Chamber Farmhouse and Attached Barn to West is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 1984. Farmhouse with attached barn. 4 related planning applications.

Star Chamber Farmhouse and Attached Barn to West

WRENN ID
forgotten-portal-khaki
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 December 1984
Type
Farmhouse with attached barn
Address
Star Chamber Farmhouse and Attached Barn to West, Town Gate, Heptonstall, HX7 7NJ
OS grid reference
SD 986 281
Coordinates
53.7495, -2.02197
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Star Chamber Farmhouse and the attached barn to the west possibly date from the late 16th century but mainly feature early 19th-century details. The building is constructed of large dressed stone and has a stone slate roof. It is two storeys high with two small cells in the house, which faces the road. The gables are coped with kneelers that have a 17th-century character, and there are quoins at the corners.

The barn to the left has a segmental arched doorway with a chamfered surround. To the right of this doorway is a mistal doorway next to the entrance to the house, which features tie-stone jambs. The house has flat-faced mullioned windows with two and three lights; one of these windows has a chamfered surround. The right-hand return wall includes a stepped flat-faced mullioned window in the gable with four over eight lights.

At the rear, there is a 19th-century outshut to the left with a catslide roof, which contains a doorway to the left of a single window. Above, there is a two-light window with a single window featuring a chamfered surround. To the left of the segmental arched cart entry is a mistal doorway with a basket-arched lintel. The building has coped gables and features two stacks on the ridge and one additional stack on the rear outshut.

Inside, there is a stone heck screen and a single skin wall with mason's marks that divides the two rooms. This wall has a long reused beam and another beam on the first floor. Due to their slight curve and taper, these beams may be reused cruck blades.

Local climate

Star Chamber Farmhouse and Attached Barn to West sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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