2 4 And 6, Chamber End Fold

The building at 2, 4 and 6 Chamber End Fold in Grassington is a house, now divided into three properties. It dates to 1685, with significant alterations and subdivision occurring in the mid to late 18th century and the early 19th century. The construction is of coursed gritstone rubble with a graduated stone slate roof.

Nos. 4 and 6 are two storeys high, while No. 2 has three storeys, and all three have two first-floor windows. No. 2 is the most prominent, situated on the east end close to Main Street. It features a board door set in a quoined surround, with a shallow triangular doorhead and a stone date plaque above, inscribed “I H 1685” in raised letters and “L M 75” added. There are 20th-century imitation sash windows in slightly projecting surrounds to the right, and two to the first floor. A recessed chamfered mullion window of three stepped lights, with a hoodmould, is located on the second floor to the right. The building has shaped gable coping, stone gutter brackets, and end stacks.

No. 4 has a central glazed door in a plain surround with a cornice. It features a four-light, now two-light, recessed chamfered mullion window to the left, a four-pane sash in a plain surround to the right, and two similar sashes to the first floor. It also has stone gutter brackets and a corniced ashlar stack to the left. No. 6 has a door in a plain surround to the right and a 20th-century casement in a plain surround to the left; two four-pane sashes are set in plain surrounds to the first floor.

A continuous dripmould, interrupted by the ground-floor left window, runs across Nos. 2 and 4. Stone gutter brackets and a large corniced stack are located to the left.

The original 17th-century house was likely divided into separate cottages in the later 18th century to accommodate mining families when the Duke of Devonshire began developing lead mines on Yarnbury after 1750. No. 2 was considered the most important property and was altered at that time, including raising the roof and resetting a 17th-century window to provide light to the added storey. Nos. 4 and 6 remained simpler buildings, being refenestrated in the mid-19th century, a period of rapid expansion in the lead industry.