Gawthorpe Hall Including South Wing Gawthorpe Hall
GAWTHORPE HALL INCLUDING SOUTH WING GAWTHORPE HALL, GAWTHORPE DRIVE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1199532
- Date first listed:
- 09-Aug-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Gawthorpe Hall Including South Wing Gawthorpe Hall
- Statutory Address:
- GAWTHORPE HALL INCLUDING SOUTH WING GAWTHORPE HALL, GAWTHORPE DRIVE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1199532
- Date first listed:
- 09-Aug-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Gawthorpe Hall Including South Wing Gawthorpe Hall
- Statutory Address 1:
- GAWTHORPE HALL INCLUDING SOUTH WING GAWTHORPE HALL, GAWTHORPE DRIVE
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:
- GAWTHORPE HALL INCLUDING SOUTH WING GAWTHORPE HALL, GAWTHORPE DRIVE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Bradford (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Bingley
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 10943 40134
Details
SE14SW BINGLEY GAWTHORPE DRIVE SE109401 (west side)
2/66 Gawthorpe Hall, 9.8.66 including South Wing Gawthorpe Hall
II*
Manor house. Mid C17 with some C19 alteration to rear but retaining late medieval roof. Well coursed gritstone, stone slate roofs. 2 storeys and attics. E-shaped original plan with bays 2 and 4 now filled in to give flush frontage under 5 gables. Central bay was originally porch and has lower gable without attic window: Tudor- arched doorway with 3-light transomed window above under separate hoodmould. Large mullioned-and-transomed windows of several lights to each floor with dripmould and 3-light transomed windows to apexes of gables which are coped with finials to apex and eaves and have projecting rainwater spouts. 2 ridge stacks. Rear has 5 gables as front with some inserted C19 windows but 2 bays left with original transomed windows to 1st floor and attic. 3rd bay, rear of porch, has tall stair-window with plain stone surrounds. 4th bay has stack of 4 diamond-set flues.
Interior: 1st 2 bays much altered but retains original corner fireplace with Tudor-arched lintel and moulded surround. 4th bay has ground- floor rear room with Tudor-arched doorway opposite. large fireplace with segmental-arch with skewbacks and stop-chamfered surround. This backs on to second fireplace with bee-hive oven in rear room of 5th bay which also has chamfered spine-beau and joists with ogee stops. 1st floor and attic of this bay have basket-arched fireplaces. Roof of 4th bay is carried over earlier collar-rafter roof with steeper pitch. one bay collar-rafter roof, possibly late C14 or C15; hall- and-crosswing king-post roof with evidence of some internal timber- framing. A rare survival in this region. At right angles to this roof is 2½ bay roof to hall with 4 bay roof to cross-wing all bays having enormous king-post trusses with large scantling and joweled king-posts with curved braces to ridge. This complete late C15 roof has mitre-lapped purlins all pegged on to the back of the principals. These 2 roofs are unique within the region and are in a good state of preservation.
Listing NGR: SE1094340134
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 337924
- 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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