Number 53 And Attached Wall To South East Containing Former Gateway To Churchyard

Number 53 and the attached wall to the southeast, which contains the former gateway to the churchyard, is a pair of cottages from the late 18th century that now functions as a single house. The building features watershot masonry and a stone slate roof, and it is two storeys high, facing the road. It has quoins and a centrally placed flat-faced mullioned window with five lights, including a wider central light. On either side of this window are doorways with monolithic jambs at the corners and other tie-stone jambs. The first floor has a three-light window and a two-light window. The left-hand return wall has a two-light window at the apex and a gable stack. The rear of the building faces the churchyard and includes a five-light flat-faced mullioned window with wide lights that was altered in the mid-20th century, along with a three-light and a two-light window on the first floor. Attached to the east is a wall made of dressed stone with ovolo moulded coping, which contains the remains of a blocked gateway. This gateway has a surviving lintel and one composite jamb with a moulded surround. It formerly provided access to the churchyard opposite the north door of the Church of St. Thomas à Becket. This structure is likely contemporary with the gateway attached to Heptonstall Grammar School, which is dated 1765.