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Title: BRIGHOUSE LAW LANE SE 12 SW (north side) 3/136 No. 39 and adjacent block - CBC03943
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Title
BRIGHOUSE LAW LANE SE 12 SW (north side) 3/136 No. 39 and adjacent block - CBC03943
Description
Historic England No: 1314061
Grade II
Stable block, later cottages to Law Hill House. Late C18. Hammer-dressed stone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys to main facade. Attic in gable end which is monumentally treated with bands and largely blocked Venetian window in apex. This and round headed doorway have impost blocks and keystone. The main front has a similar doorway and stair window above, the later with Gothic glazing bars. One 4-light flat faced mullioned window survives and others blocked. After 1825 it was converted into a school for young ladies. Emily Bronte taught here 1837/8 and mentions the building in her writings. D. Nortcliffe, Buildings of Brighouse (Brighouse 1978), p.25.
Historic England Listing No: 1314061
NGR: SE 10791 24294
CMBC Ref: BR136
Grade II
Stable block, later cottages to Law Hill House. Late C18. Hammer-dressed stone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys to main facade. Attic in gable end which is monumentally treated with bands and largely blocked Venetian window in apex. This and round headed doorway have impost blocks and keystone. The main front has a similar doorway and stair window above, the later with Gothic glazing bars. One 4-light flat faced mullioned window survives and others blocked. After 1825 it was converted into a school for young ladies. Emily Bronte taught here 1837/8 and mentions the building in her writings. D. Nortcliffe, Buildings of Brighouse (Brighouse 1978), p.25.
Historic England Listing No: 1314061
NGR: SE 10791 24294
CMBC Ref: BR136
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
CBC03943.jpg
Collection
Citation
“BRIGHOUSE LAW LANE SE 12 SW (north side) 3/136 No. 39 and adjacent block - CBC03943,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed October 2, 2026, https://www.penninehorizons.org/items/show/42513.
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