Higher Green Owlers is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1985. Farmhouse and barn.

Higher Green Owlers

WRENN ID
pitched-dormer-russet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Country
England
Date first listed
11 July 1985
Type
Farmhouse and barn
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Higher Green Owlers is a farmhouse and barn with origins dating back to the 17th century, and it underwent rebuilding in the late 18th to early 19th century. The structure is built from hammer-dressed stone and features quoins, with a pitched stone slate roof. The barn has moulded footstones and three ashlar stacks.

The south elevation has two storeys, with the ground floor featuring a later lean-to stone porch, two three-light stone mullioned windows, and one four-light stone mullioned window. On the first floor, there is one six-light stone mullioned window, one five-light stone mullioned window, and one three-light stone mullioned window.

The east elevation includes a later lean-to extension, which contains an original doorway that may have been re-set. This doorway has quoins and a Tudor arched lintel with chamfered reveals, inscribed with "IAS 1670". There is also a later single light window. The first floor features a two-light stone mullioned window and another later window.

On the north elevation, the first floor has one six-light stone mullioned window and one three-light stone mullioned window. To the northeast, there are four stone brewery vats.

The barn's south elevation has a modern garage door, with a lintel above from a former small door that is inscribed with "I M Q M 17 7 6". The north elevation features a doorway with quoins and a deep lintel, along with a later light. There is a large doorway with a stone surround and tie-stones, supported by deep lintels on rounded corbels, as well as a later single light. The east gable has a small vent at the gable apex with a semi-circular false arch, while the west gable has a single blocked opening at the gable apex.

Remains of buildings to the east are from a 19th-century brewery, and four stone cisterns are present, along with large cellars extending under the northern part of the house. The house is located on the former packhorse road from Scammonden to the Colne Valley.

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