Blake House

Blake House is a large farmhouse dating to the mid-17th century, with alterations from the 19th century. It is constructed of deeply coursed hammer-dressed stone, with a stone slate roof featuring gable copings on moulded kneelers. The house has a double-gabled west side and a long range extending to the right. A single, projecting gable faces east, featuring 19th-century windows. The west gables contain double-chamfered windows: a four-light window on each floor to the right gable, with a 19th-century doorway nearby. The left gable has a five-light window with a hood mould on the first floor, a large, later two-light window on the ground floor, and a staircase cross-window. The range to the right has 19th-century openings on both elevations, including a six-light and an eight-light window (the latter with three blocked lights) on the east elevation's first floor. This range incorporates some timber framing and posts. The main parlour within the gabled part of the house features an excellent ceiling with two main beams, three secondary beams, joists and secondary joists, all stop-chamfered with run-out stops. The building's history is documented in H. J. Moorhouse’s The History of Kirkburton & the Graveship of Holme from 1861.