Stank Hall Barn

LEEDS

SE22NE DEWSBURY ROAD, Beeston 714-1/13/527 (East side (off)) 19/10/51 Stank Hall Barn (Formerly Listed as: DEWSBURY ROAD, Beeston Barn immed N of Stank Hall Farmhouse & New Hall, incl Major Greathead's Chapel)

GV II*

Also known as: Major Greathead's Chapel DEWSBURY ROAD Beeston. Barn and chapel. Late C15-early C16 for the Beeston family; C17 cross wing and alterations for the Hodgson family. Millstone grit and delph-stone, timber-frame, stone slate roofs. 7 bays, wide opposing barn doors to eaves, slit vents. 2-storey cross wing at S end: 4- and 2-light recessed chamfered mullioned windows, hoodmoulds, rebuilt doorways on W side, central upper floor ogee-arched doorway, blocked, on S side, hoodmould with scrolled stops; flanking 2-light mullioned windows, restored. INTERIOR: barn has oak aisle posts, king-post roof trusses. Tree-ring analysis gives a date of 1448-1490 for the felling of the trees used in the construction of the timber frame. The cross-wing is known as Major Greathead's Chapel. The building has been extensively studied, see WYAS Report. A Scheduled Ancient Monument. (West Yorkshire Archaeology Service Historic Buildings Survey: Wrathmell S & Weldrake H: Stank Hall Barn).

Listing NGR: SE2853529139