Ackworth House

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

ACKWORTH PONTEFRACT ROAD SE41NW (east side) Low Ackworth 2/18 Ackworth House 25.3.1968 - II

Large house, now boarding house to Ackworth School Later C18, enlarged in later C19. Sandstone (north front rendered) and coursed squared sandstone; slate roof. Double pile plan. North front of 3 storeys and 5 bays, in Classical style; symmetrical; pedimented 3-bay centre has central doorway with panelled door, architrave of Tuscan semi-columns with triglyph frieze and segmental pediment and narrow side windows; a small window to the right, and a 2-light sashed window on each side; outer bays have sashes without glazing bars; 1st floor has 12-pane sashes linked by a sill-band, and that in the centre has an architrave with cornice; 2nd floor has low 6-pane sashes; the pediment contains raised decoration consisting of a floral medallion beneath a swag, and has an urn on the apex. Low-pitched hipped roof with 2 ridge chimney stacks. The added rear range, of 2 storeys,with symmetrical south front, has an open-pedimented centre flanked by full-height canted bays; a broad lst-floor band carried round the whole; the centre has a large tripartite sashed window at ground floor, and at 1st floor a tall Venetian- style window with balustrade, the flanking bays each have three 12-pane sashes on each floor, with raised sills, and hipped roofs.

Interior: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SE4411717489

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1725 IOE Records taken by David Robson; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr David Robson. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project