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
- Constituency
- Keighley and Ilkley MP: Robbie Moore (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- The High Hall, Upper Hall, Emsley House, St Stephen's Road, Steeton with Eastburn, BD20 6SB
- OS grid reference
- SE 033 445
- Coordinates
- 53.89748, -1.94995
- Source
- Historic England listing
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.
Local climate
The High Hall, Upper Hall, Emsley House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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