House in Heptonstall; back of photo has date of 1958. The diagonal joint in the large piece of timber is a scarf joint, used to join two pieces of timber together in the same alignment. The timber on the left has moulded decoration and may originally…
The large and magnificent Barkisland Hall, built by John Gledhill in 1638, loudly proclaims the middling gentry status of its builder, John Gledhill. Unique within the district in being three storeys high, it has a fully developed F-plan with a…
Broadbottom Farm, between Mytholmroyd and Hebden Bridge, has existed since before 1300. The oldest part is Broadbottom Old Hall, a medieval timber-framed aisled hall, encased in stone in the mid-16C. The attached farmhouse was also a timber-framed…
Unmounted print. Grade I listed building built around 1640 for the Brookes family. The impressive window above the porch is known as a "wheel window". PH RCC - 11
A note on the back of the photo says: Middle Goodgreave, and it was taken in August 1959. The photo shows the property in ruins. Only Lower Good Greave and Upper Good Greave are shown on the 1851 Ordnance Survey map. These properties are in Wadsworth…
Members of Hebden Bridge Local History Society are about to raise the sunken stone. 26th May 1956. L-R. Frank Horsfall, William Greenwood, Keith Newbitt, Peter Greenwood, Edward Watson, Mr Moses, Bod Gledhill and Harry Lord.