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Stank Hall Barn

A Grade II* Listed Building in Beeston and Holbeck, Leeds

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.7578 / 53°45'28"N

Longitude: -1.5687 / 1°34'7"W

OS Eastings: 428535

OS Northings: 429139

OS Grid: SE285291

Mapcode National: GBR KSHZ.5N

Mapcode Global: WHC9K.WT61

Plus Code: 9C5WQC5J+4G

Entry Name: Stank Hall Barn

Listing Date: 19 October 1951

Last Amended: 11 September 1996

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1375339

English Heritage Legacy ID: 466234

Also known as: Major Greathead's Chapel

ID on this website: 101375339

Location: Mill Shaw, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS11

County: Leeds

Electoral Ward/Division: Beeston and Holbeck

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Leeds

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Beeston

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

Tagged with: Chapel Barn

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Description



LEEDS

SE22NE DEWSBURY ROAD, Beeston
714-1/13/527 (East side (off))
19/10/51 Stank Hall Barn
(Formerly Listed as:
DEWSBURY ROAD, Beeston
Barn immed N of Stank Hall Farmhouse
& New Hall, incl Major Greathead's
Chapel)

GV II*

Also known as: Major Greathead's Chapel DEWSBURY ROAD Beeston.

Barn and chapel. Late C15-early C16 for the Beeston family;
C17 cross wing and alterations for the Hodgson family.
Millstone grit and delph-stone, timber-frame, stone slate
roofs. 7 bays, wide opposing barn doors to eaves, slit vents.
2-storey cross wing at S end: 4- and 2-light recessed
chamfered mullioned windows, hoodmoulds, rebuilt doorways on W
side, central upper floor ogee-arched doorway, blocked, on S
side, hoodmould with scrolled stops; flanking 2-light
mullioned windows, restored.
INTERIOR: barn has oak aisle posts, king-post roof trusses.
Tree-ring analysis gives a date of 1448-1490 for the felling
of the trees used in the construction of the timber frame.
The cross-wing is known as Major Greathead's Chapel. The
building has been extensively studied, see WYAS Report.
A Scheduled Ancient Monument.
(West Yorkshire Archaeology Service Historic Buildings Survey:
Wrathmell S & Weldrake H: Stank Hall Barn).


Listing NGR: SE2853529139

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