Skip to main content

This is a new service - your feedback (opens in new tab) will help us to improve it.

Listed building outline

Sunny Bank, Nos. 25 to 29 Sunnybank Road

Geographical area

About this entity

Fact links
CURIE listed-building-outline:52222/0025/0/000 no fact link
Prefix listed-building-outline Facts about Prefix
Reference 52222/0025/0/000 Facts about Reference
Name Sunny Bank, Nos. 25 to 29 Sunnybank Road Facts about Name
Quality Authoritative: We have some data from the authoritative source no fact link
Dataset Listed building outline no fact link
Organisation Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council no fact link
Start date 1968-01-24 Facts about Start date
End date Facts about End date
Entry date 2019-04-10 Facts about Entry date
Typology geography no fact link
Geometry MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.86868 53.687248, -1.868766 53.687234, -1.868749 53.687202, -1.868781 53.687196, -1.868784 53.687201, -1.868974 53.687165, -1.868928 53.687078, -1.868738 53.687113, -1.868748 53.68713, -1.86856 53.687165, -1.868599 53.687235, -1.868665 53.687223, -1.86868 53.687248))) Facts about Geometry
Point POINT (-1.868771 53.687163) Facts about Point
Notes Sunny Bank, Nos. 25 to 29 Sunnybank Road Facts about Notes
Uprns 010010155804 Facts about Uprns
Description House in more than one occupation, mainly mid C16. Timber framed exterior with hammer-dressed stone and stone slate roof. The house is essentially a long, gabled 2-storey block divided into two parts by a cross-passage. The north elevation has 3 main gables all with king-post trusses with 'V' struts. The two gables to the right are probably to the main hall with parlour wing, separated from the service end by a cross-passage which has a small gabled entrance with a lower ridge level and with a large stack backing on to it from the hall range. This northern entrance has ornate doorway with ogee lintel and herringbone studding to uprights. The south front shows marked differences in levels and materials. The service end is of 2 bays and 2-storey with stone wall exposed king-post truss and has flat faced C19 mullioned windows inserted into earlier C17 wall of 5 lights with 4-light window over to left bay and 3-light windows to both floors to right bay which has quoins and a continuous outshut with cat-slide roof to north side. The end of the cross-passage has timber framing of close-studding to first floor with angle-brace to wall plate and down post. The left hand two ranges to hall and parlour are gabled as at north side with exposed trusses with many 'V'-struts and have a higher roof line than cross-passage/service end, the posts are visible built into stonework with girding beam to first floor. This is an important surviving partly timber framed building of quite complex development as evidenced by 3 different rooflines. In fact the house was not built all at once; this is clear from the timber posts in the south wall and the cross-passage which are not placed where they should be to support the existing structure. The oldest part of the structure can be seen at the south-end of the cross-passage. A timber post resting on a stylobat carries a bressumer and wall plate, and it is clear from the peg-holes that these members were continued on both sides of the post, although they are now only visible on the west side. The next post to the east is 13' away. Pegholes on the bressumer indicate that there were once studs below as well as above it. Presumably these were removed when the house was extended, because it was then that the cross-passage was made. The deeds show that in 1472 the house came into the ownership of Thomas Wilkinson and in 1544 it passed to Henry Savile of Bradley Hall (q.v.). It would appear that the Saviles rebuilt the house before 1577, because they were rebuilding Bradley Hall in stone by that date. It seems most probable that the greater part of Sunnybank dates from c1550. A more thorough survey of the older part might indicate its date; some-thing prior to 1400 is not improbable. J. Lister, H.A.S. (1902), J. Leyland, 'Views of Ancient Buildings of Halifax' (1879), T. F. Ford, Thoresby Soc. Miscellanea, Vol. 28 (1928) p.16. J. Walton, 'Early Timbered Buildings of the Huddersfield District' (1955). L. Ambler, 'The Old Halls and Manor Houses of Yorkshire' (London- 1913) p.4. N. Pevsner, 'Yorkshire West Riding' (1979) p.626. A. Pacey, 'Elland Buildings' (1964 unpublished- V.A.G. Library, or Elland Public Library). 2.01. Facts about Description
Listed building 1133970 Facts about Listed building

Available Code Snippets:

{
        "entry-date": "2019-04-10",
        "start-date": "1968-01-24",
        "end-date": "",
        "entity": 42198517,
        "name": "Sunny Bank, Nos. 25 to 29 Sunnybank Road",
        "dataset": "listed-building-outline",
        "typology": "geography",
        "reference": "52222/0025/0/000",
        "prefix": "listed-building-outline",
        "organisation-entity": 88,
        "geometry": "MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.86868 53.687248, -1.868766 53.687234, -1.868749 53.687202, -1.868781 53.687196, -1.868784 53.687201, -1.868974 53.687165, -1.868928 53.687078, -1.868738 53.687113, -1.868748 53.68713, -1.86856 53.687165, -1.868599 53.687235, -1.868665 53.687223, -1.86868 53.687248)))",
        "point": "POINT (-1.868771 53.687163)",
        "quality": "authoritative",
        "notes": "Sunny Bank, Nos. 25 to 29 Sunnybank Road",
        "uprns": "010010155804",
        "description": "House in more than one occupation, mainly mid C16. Timber framed exterior with hammer-dressed stone and stone slate roof. The house is essentially a long, gabled 2-storey block divided into two parts by a cross-passage. The north elevation has 3 main gables all with king-post trusses with 'V' struts. The two gables to the right are probably to the main hall with parlour wing, separated from the service end by a cross-passage which has a small gabled entrance with a lower ridge level and with a large stack backing on to it from the hall range. This northern entrance has ornate doorway with ogee lintel and herringbone studding to uprights. The south front shows marked differences in levels and materials. The service end is of 2 bays and 2-storey with stone wall exposed king-post truss and has flat faced C19 mullioned windows inserted into earlier C17 wall of 5 lights with 4-light window over to left bay and 3-light windows to both floors to right bay which has quoins and a continuous outshut with cat-slide roof to north side. The end of the cross-passage has timber framing of close-studding to first floor with angle-brace to wall plate and down post. The left hand two ranges to hall and parlour are gabled as at north side with exposed trusses with many 'V'-struts and have a higher roof line than cross-passage/service end, the posts are visible built into stonework with girding beam to first floor. This is an important surviving partly timber framed building of quite complex development as evidenced by 3 different rooflines. In fact the house was not built all at once; this is clear from the timber posts in the south wall and the cross-passage which are not placed where they should be to support the existing structure. The oldest part of the structure can be seen at the south-end of the cross-passage. A timber post resting on a stylobat carries a bressumer and wall plate, and it is clear from the peg-holes that these members were continued on both sides of the post, although they are now only visible on the west side. The next post to the east is 13' away. Pegholes on the bressumer indicate that there were once studs below as well as above it. Presumably these were removed when the house was extended, because it was then that the cross-passage was made. The deeds show that in 1472 the house came into the ownership of Thomas Wilkinson and in 1544 it passed to Henry Savile of Bradley Hall (q.v.). It would appear that the Saviles rebuilt the house before 1577, because they were rebuilding Bradley Hall in stone by that date. It seems most probable that the greater part of Sunnybank dates from c1550. A more thorough survey of the older part might indicate its date; some-thing prior to 1400 is not improbable. J. Lister, H.A.S. (1902), J. Leyland, 'Views of Ancient Buildings of Halifax' (1879), T. F. Ford, Thoresby Soc. Miscellanea, Vol. 28 (1928) p.16. J. Walton, 'Early Timbered Buildings of the Huddersfield District' (1955). L. Ambler, 'The Old Halls and Manor Houses of Yorkshire' (London- 1913) p.4. N. Pevsner, 'Yorkshire West Riding' (1979) p.626. A. Pacey, 'Elland Buildings' (1964 unpublished- V.A.G. Library, or Elland Public Library). 2.01.",
        "listed-building": "1133970"
    }
Loading...

© Crown copyright and database right 2026

Licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.


Help improve this data

Give feedback on this dataset, or email your questions and corrections to digitalland@communities.gov.uk.