The High Hall, Upper Hall, Emsley House is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. House. 3 related planning applications.

The High Hall, Upper Hall, Emsley House

WRENN ID
ruined-bailey-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bradford
Country
England
Type
House
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The High Hall, also known as Emsley House or Upper Hall, is a large house that was built in 1674, as indicated by the initials HC/AC and the date on the building. It was extended and altered in 1921 by Godfrey L. Clarke. The house is constructed from dressed stone and features a stone slate roof. It has two storeys and a symmetrical five-bay facade on the south entrance front.

The facade includes a two-storey gabled porch in the style of the 17th century, which was added around 1921. This porch has a basket-arched doorway, a heraldic shield, and a three-light stepped window with a recess for a bell above. The gable is coped and has kneelers. The inner door features decorative iron straps. On either side of the porch, there are two bays of wooden cruciform windows. The house has two stacks with panelled arcades in the local style.

At the rear, there is a long range attached at right angles that preserves original double-chamfered mullioned windows with cavetto-moulded mullions. This includes a housebody with six-light windows and a two-light fire-window under a single hoodmould. There are four additional bays of similar windows from 1921, including a projecting canted bay window. The ridge has three stacks, and the rear of this range features similar windows and two semicircular-arched doorways to the right of a tall five-light stair window, which has three transoms and stained glass heraldic motifs. A lateral stack has shaped sides.

Inside, the former housebody has scarf-jointed spine beams, evidence of a former bressumer, and stop-chamfered joists. The stair hall is oak-panelled and features barley-sugar twist balusters on the stair. There is an original doorway with a cyma-moulded surround and a shaped, dated lintel. A matching door, dated "AK LK", from 1921 is associated with the Keighley family. Other panelled rooms were also added around 1921.

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