Esholt Hall With Terrace and Adjoining Conservatory
ESHOLT HALL WITH TERRACE AND ADJOINING CONSERVATORY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1133190
- Date first listed:
- 04-Sept-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Esholt Hall With Terrace and Adjoining Conservatory
- Statutory Address:
- ESHOLT HALL WITH TERRACE AND ADJOINING CONSERVATORY
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1133190
- Date first listed:
- 04-Sept-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Esholt Hall With Terrace and Adjoining Conservatory
- Statutory Address 1:
- ESHOLT HALL WITH TERRACE AND ADJOINING CONSERVATORY
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:
- ESHOLT HALL WITH TERRACE AND ADJOINING CONSERVATORY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Bradford (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 18858 39670
Details
1. 5111 ESHOLT ESTATE Lower Esholt
4.9.52 Esholt Hall
- with Terrace and adjoining
Conservatory SE 1839 15/40
II*
2. Built on the site of the Medieval Esholt nunnery, by Sir Walter Calverley in 1706-07. A remarkably sophisticated double pile house in a restrained renaissance style, for this date in West Yorkshire. The mason was Joseph Pope of Fennley (1673-1717). The 2-storey symmetrical elevations of finely detailed gritstone with ashlar dressings, are raised on a terrace built on the lower stages of the nunnery. Chamfered rusticated quoins, plinth, moulded plat band, simply carved modillion eaves cornice and blocking course. Steep hipped slate roof (mound valley) with tall, corniced, ashlar chimneys. The principal (and original entrance front) to the south is of 7 bays the centre 3 breaking forward slightly under a modillioned pediment. Tall gracefully proportioned windows with glazing bar sashes in architrave surrounds, of equal proportions on both floors. Central, partly glazed, doorway in architrave surround with segmental pediment on consoles. The east front has the 3 central bays shallowly recessed, similar details to fenestration - finely carved consoles and spray in frieze of corniced doorway to centre. The window above, in eared architrave surround, is surmounted by an armorial panel with supporting sprays. The west front has addition of mid C19 archivolt arched porch. Good rainwater heads with armorial bearings in scrolled surrounds, clamps ornamented with the owl crest, and dated 1832, (for the Stansfield family who purchased the estate in 1755). The interior considerably altered in the C19 and subsequent to acquisition by Bradford Corporation as offices for the sewage works. Part of the ground floor of the nunnery with trefoil headed windows and groin vaulted roof, forms the cellars of the present building under the ashlar faced terrace. Extending north of the east front is a substantial circa 1840-60 conservatory, consisting of a taller central pavilion with raised hipped glazed roof, flanked by lower wings. Narrow pane glazing to roofs, glazing bar lights to sides.
Listing NGR: SE1885839670
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 336412
- 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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