The History of Barns Green

Barns Green is a young village, but we have a wealth of historic houses amongst the Victorian and 20th century additions to our housing.

100 years ago just a handful of farms and cottages were located along what was then the main road to Shipley. The picture right shows Chapel Road with a pair of Victorian cottages and the 16th century Blacksmiths Cottage behind.

Below is Two Mile Ash Road with early Victorian cottages in the foreground and a later Victorian house in the background.

Below left is Sandhills Road, showing the 16th century house Shygells in the foreground and early Victorian  Cottages, behind. In the background are the sheds of the Wheelwright and village Smithy.

Below right is Sandhills, one of a number of 16th century houses in the village. All these photographs were taken in the early 1900s.
 

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