Shop Approximately 2 Metres To North East Of East Riddlesden Hall

KEIGHLEY BRADFORD ROAD SE 04 SE (south side, off) 5/15 Riddlesden

23.2.55 Shop approx 2 metres to north-east of East Riddlesden Hall (formerly listed as 'farm building directly north-east of Hall)

GV II

Outbuilding now National Trust shop. Dated 1642. Coursed dressed stone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys, 5 lst-floor windows. Chamfered plinth. 4 chamfered doorways with decorative heads, one initialled and dated. 2-light double-chamfered mullion windows above. Row of 11 gutter spouts. Embattled parapet with masks of Charles I and his Queen and motto 'Vive le Roy'. Raised verges with ashlar coping and finials. External stack with corniced, diamond-set flue to left gable. Rear: door and 3-light windows to ground floor, some altered; 2-light windows above. Flight of steps on left lead to lst-floor door in right gable. Right gable also has a 4-light window. Interior: fireplace at left end with moulded jambs and decorated lintel; traces of decorative plasterwork. The building may originally have functioned as a range of additional lodgings (guest accommodation) (cf Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, Rural Houses of the Lancashire Pennines 1560- 1760 (1985) , p55).

Listing NGR: SE0791542079