6 miles from Crossley Mills
Paint stripping in Skelmanthorpe.
The local stock
Skelmanthorpe is a textile village strung along the ridge between Denby Dale and Scissett. The housing is classic West Yorkshire: long terraces of stone weavers' cottages with their tell-tale upper-floor loom windows, plus solid Victorian semis along Commercial Road. Behind the gloss paint on those cottage doors there's almost always original pine, and the old fireplaces are often cast iron boarded up since the 1960s.
How we serve Skelmanthorpe
Skelmanthorpe is a quick run from the workshop through Denby Dale. Smaller items get dropped at Crossley Mills; bigger pieces — suites, banisters, full door sets — are collected on the van mid-week.
Common questions
About paint stripping in Skelmanthorpe.
Can you strip an original weaver's cottage door in Skelmanthorpe?
Yes — most cottage doors here are pine or softwood under decades of gloss. We dip-strip them in the bath, hand-finish the mouldings, then return them as bare timber ready for wax, oil or paint. Turn-around for a single door is usually 7–10 working days.
Do you restore cast-iron fireplaces in Skelmanthorpe?
We do. We strip, rust-treat and refinish cast-iron inserts and surrounds — typically in black satin, graphite or a traditional high-temperature finish. Bring a photo or rough measurement to the workshop for a same-day quote.
How much is a full set of internal doors stripped?
A typical Skelmanthorpe terrace has five or six internal doors. Stripped as one batch, they work out around £55–£80 per door depending on condition, and the batch usually takes about a fortnight.
Nearby
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Emley
Emley sits high on the moor edge under the famous Emley Moor mast, and it's a proper old stone village — the conservation area around the church and the Green is full of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century cottages, with working farmsteads on the lanes out toward Emley Moor and Flockton. The woodwork tends to be older and heavier than the valley terraces: solid plank doors, oak lintels, flagged floors and the occasional original kitchen range.
Shelley
Shelley is a hilltop village above the Dearne and Fenay valleys, and most of it is gritstone — Victorian weavers' cottages along Far Bank and Huddersfield Road, larger stone-built houses up toward the conservation area, and a scatter of old farmsteads on the lanes out to Shepley and Emley. The original woodwork is heavy: four-panel pine and oak-stained doors, deep skirtings, and the odd cast-iron range still sitting in a farmhouse kitchen. We're proud sponsors of Shelley FC, the open-age football team, so the village is one we know well.
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is stone terraces, end-to-end. Victorian mill workers' cottages off Leeds Road, Georgian semis around Edgerton, and a townhouse belt in Lindley and Marsh. Most have original four-panel doors and stained floorboards that have been painted over more times than anyone can count. Cast-iron fireplaces are everywhere too — often boarded up behind a 1970s gas fire and only discovered when the chimney breast comes out.
Get in Touch
A quote, a phone call,or a kettle.
Tell Daniel what you're stripping (a door, a fireplace, a chair) and he'll come back to you with a price and a timing. Pre-filled message, just hit send.
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Unit 3, Crossley Mills, Honley, Holmfirth HD9 6PL. Kettle on, most days.