The High Hall, Upper Hall, Emsley House
The High Hall, Upper Hall, Emsley House, St Stephen's Road
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1065881
- Date first listed:
- 10-Sept-1954
- List Entry Name:
- The High Hall, Upper Hall, Emsley House
- Statutory Address:
- The High Hall, Upper Hall, Emsley House, St Stephen's Road
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1065881
- Date first listed:
- 10-Sept-1954
- List Entry Name:
- The High Hall, Upper Hall, Emsley House
- Statutory Address 1:
- The High Hall, Upper Hall, Emsley House, St Stephen's Road
- Statutory Address 2:
- The High Hall, Upper Hall, Emsley House, St Stephen's Road
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- The High Hall, Upper Hall, Emsley House, St Stephen's Road
- Statutory Address:
- The High Hall, Upper Hall, Emsley House, St Stephen's Road
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Bradford (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Steeton with Eastburn
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 03387 44589
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 21 June 2021 to reformat text to current standards
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STEETON-WITH-EASTBURN C.P.
Steeton
ST. STEPHEN'S ROAD (west side)
The High Hall (Emsley House or Upper Hall)
10.9.54.
GV
II
Large house. Initialled and dated HC/AC, AD/1674. Extended and altered 1921 by Godfrey L. Clarke. Dressed stone, stone slate roof. Two storeys. South entrance front: five-bay symmetrical facade: two storey C17-style gabled porch (c1921) has basket-arched doorway, heraldic shield and three-light stepped window with recess for bell over. Coped gable with kneelers. Inner door has decorative iron straps. Two bays of wooden cruciform windows to either side. Two stacks with panelled arcades in the local style, (see No 18 High Street q.v.). Long range attached at right angles to rear preserves original double-chamfered mullioned windows with cavetto-moulded mullions to housebody of six-lights with two-light fire-window under a single hoodmould. Four bays of similar windows c1921 with projecting canted bay-window. Three stacks to ridge. Rear of this range has similar windows and two semicircular-arched doorways to right of tall five-light stair window with three transoms and stained glass heraldic motifs. Lateral stack with shaped sides.
Interior: former housebody has scarf-jointed spine beams, evidence of former bressumer and stop-chamfered joists. Stair hall : oak-panelled; barley-sugar twist balusters to stair; original doorway with cyma-moulded surround and shaped and dated lintel. Matching door dated " AK LK ", 1921, (Keighley family). Other panelled rooms c1921.
Listing NGR: SE0338744589
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 419014
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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