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1537a

1537a

General Information

  • Registration number
    1537a
  • Date constructed
    c.1790-1800
  • Century constructed
    1701-1800
  • Evidence proof date
    Local history society describes tham as "niches that were used for skeps"
  • Evidence proof use
    Local history society describes tham as "niches that were used for skeps"
  • Listed building grade
    II
  • Condition
    4

Address

  • Address
    Beverley End
  • Village or town
    Hebden Bridge
  • County
    Yorkshire, West
  • Traditional County (pre 1974)
    Yorkshire: West Riding
  • Region
    England

Premises

  • Accessible
    Private
  • Location on Premises
    Bank
  • Direction faced
    SW

Structure Information

  • Structure
    B: Bee bole(s)
  • External recesses
    2
  • Internal recesses
    N/A
  • Compartments
    N/A
  • Flight holes
    N/A
  • Front shape
    Rectangle
  • Back shape
    Flat
  • Recess size
    (upper) 23x18x18 and ?x22,36x22; (lower) 18,26x26,28x20,26
  • House building shape
    N/A
  • External structure
    N/A
  • Distance apart
    (upper)12ft, 12 in.; (lower) 33 in.
  • Rows
    N/A
  • Shelves
    N/A
  • Height bases shelves
    (lower) 12 and 6 in.
  • Wall material
    Stone: Dry
  • Base shelf material
    N/A
  • Lintel material
    N/A
  • Roof material
    N/A

Photography Information

  • Date of photograph
    2012
  • Pictures available
    G: Digital only

Notes

  • altitude 751 ft (at front of site); bee boles on terraced slope (tenter grounds?) near property (demolished c.1930): single recess and pair in upper wall, pair in lower wall; ground level has risen above bottom of upper bee boles, and stones collapsing; lower pair: condition fair; also, at a lower level, near house, a possible bee bole, 18x22x12in.; site also has 6 probable bee shelters (1537(b)(c)(d)), and domestic recesses built for other purposes (N1537e)

    Listed Grade II on 30th April 2018, List entry Number: 1422119

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