Ruins of the Medieval Thornhill Hall in Moated Enclosure, in Rectory Grounds
RUINS OF THE MEDIEVAL THORNHILL HALL IN MOATED ENCLOSURE, IN RECTORY GROUNDS, CHURCH LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1134729
- Date first listed:
- 30-Jun-1949
- Statutory Address:
- RUINS OF THE MEDIEVAL THORNHILL HALL IN MOATED ENCLOSURE, IN RECTORY GROUNDS, CHURCH LANE
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- Date:
- 1999-08-20
- Reference:
- IOE01/00885/26
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1134729
- Date first listed:
- 30-Jun-1949
- Statutory Address 1:
- RUINS OF THE MEDIEVAL THORNHILL HALL IN MOATED ENCLOSURE, IN RECTORY GROUNDS, CHURCH LANE
Location
- Statutory Address:
- RUINS OF THE MEDIEVAL THORNHILL HALL IN MOATED ENCLOSURE, IN RECTORY GROUNDS, CHURCH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Kirklees (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 25635 18920
Details
DEWSBURY CB CHURCH LANE SE 21 NE (Thornhill) SE 256 189
6/29 Ruins of the medieval Thornhill Hall in moated 30/6/49 enclosure, in Rectory grounds
II
Fragments of a manor house. 1450. The moat, also 1450 is still well filled with water. The ruins comprise a fire-place of rubble, lined in brickwork, and part of a wall containing the sill of a large 2-light window and part of the moulded surround. Two, much erroded, limestone eagles on the edge of the water moved in the C19 but said to have been on the site of the gatehouse to the hall.
In August 1648 troops of Lady Anne Savile, under Capt. Thos. Paulden defended the hall against the Parliamentary forces under Col. Sir Thos. Fairfax. They were forced to surrender but the hall was accidentally blown up and destroyed.
B. Nuttall, A History of Thornhill, 1970.
Listing NGR: SE2563518920
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 340714
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
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Nuttall, B, A History of Thornhill, (1970)
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