Stank Hall Barn is a Grade II* listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1951. Barn.
Stank Hall Barn
- WRENN ID
- secret-barrel-lichen
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds South MP: Hilary Benn (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1951
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Stank Hall Barn, Dewsbury Road
- OS grid reference
- SE 285 291
- Coordinates
- 53.75785, -1.56868
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Stank Hall Barn, also known as Major Greathead's Chapel, is a barn and chapel located on Dewsbury Road in Beeston. It was built in the late 15th to early 16th century for the Beeston family, with a 17th-century cross wing and alterations made for the Hodgson family. The structure is constructed from millstone grit and delph-stone, featuring timber framing and stone slate roofs. It consists of seven bays and has wide opposing barn doors at the eaves, along with slit vents.
At the southern end, there is a two-storey cross wing that includes four- and two-light recessed chamfered mullioned windows with hoodmoulds, rebuilt doorways on the west side, and a central upper floor ogee-arched doorway that is blocked on the south side, flanked by restored two-light mullioned windows.
Inside, the barn has oak aisle posts and king-post roof trusses. Tree-ring analysis indicates that the trees used for the timber frame were felled between 1448 and 1490. The cross wing is recognized as Major Greathead's Chapel. The building has been extensively studied, as noted in the West Yorkshire Archaeology Service Historic Buildings Survey, and it is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Stank Hall Barn receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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