Boat Yard House

SE3519 and SE 3570 WARMFIELD-CUM-HEATH BOAT YARD Agbrigg

6/54 Boat Yard House

II

Former inn, now house. c1800. Hammer-dressed stone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys. 2-cell central-entry plan double-depth with rear outshut. Doorway has deep monolithic lintel with much-faded painted inscription.

"L.H.H. WHITH(S)RY (very indistinct and may read differently) LICENSED To Sell Coffee & Rum"

Above is blind window with lintel and projecting sill. To either side on each floor are windows with deep lintels and sills and casement glazing. Gable brick stacks. Rear: lower roof than front, doorway (blocked) to left of window and two to 1st floor, that to right lighting stair. Left-hand return has window at low level, formerly barred, to light partially-sunken cellar; window above as front. Added C20 brick lean-to and storm porch to right of smaller window with wooden lintel.

Interior: entrance hall has, at rear, dog-leg stone stair with simple stick balusters. Cellar has recessed area possibly for storing barrels.

Located by one of the canal boat building yards and used by bargees as a stopping point.

Listing NGR: SE3525519413