Stuart House
STUART HOUSE, NEW ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1135527
- Date first listed:
- 14-Feb-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Stuart House
- Statutory Address:
- STUART HOUSE, NEW ROAD
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2007-11-02
- Reference:
- IOE01/16987/21
- Rights:
- © Mr David Robson. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1135527
- Date first listed:
- 14-Feb-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Stuart House
- Statutory Address 1:
- STUART HOUSE, NEW 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:
- STUART HOUSE, NEW ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wakefield (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Woolley
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 32618 12908
Details
SE3212 and SE3213 WOOLLEY NEW ROAD (east side, off)
7/130 Stuart House 14.2.52
GV II
Dower house to Woolley Hall now house. Late C17 with C19 and early C20 additions and alterations. Hammer-dressed stone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys and attic. 2-cell house originally, with projecting bay added to front at junction of the 2 cells and bay added to left end. One C17 3-light double- chamfered mullioned window with cyma-moulded hoodmould survives to 1st floor of 2nd cell. All other windows are C19 with deep lintels and projecting sills. Projecting C20 bay carried to left on chamfered column has canted oriel and parapet which continues over main roof. 3 gabled dormers to front pitch of roof. Coped gable to left with stack, other gable stack to right. Added C19 bay slightly set back has doorway with monolithic jambs and overlight, and square window with lintel and sill. All windows have glazing altered to casements. Rear: now entrance front. Added bay to left has 2 windows retaining small-pane sashes with one larger window above to 1st floor. Main house breaks forward and has 3-bay facade with central added porch with Tudor-style doorway in left return; to right a projecting bay window with 16-pane sash; 1st floor has small-paned sashes.
Interior: largely altered except one room to rear of 2nd cell which has C18 bolection-moulded stone fireplace, window with raised-and-fielded panelled shutters and 2 stop-chamfered spine beams.
Listing NGR: SE3261812908
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 342435
- 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.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 20-Jun-2026 at 18:00:24.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.