Hopton Hall

MIRFIELD UD HOPTON HALL LANE SE 11 NE (Upper Hopton)

4/120 14/3/66 Hopton Hall (formerly listed its No 6 G.V. (Hopton Ilall))

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Hall. C16 with C19 substantial alterations. Timber framed gables and hammer dressed stone. Stone slate roof. Two storeys. H-plan, though left wing does not project at rear. Central part is double pile with central stacks, symmetrical,and is part of the C19 rebuild. 2 bays of 3-light windows with entrance to left and right. Left wing timber framed with projecting gable, vertical studding and diagonal strutting. Projecting 1st floor 3-light bay window and 3-light ground floor window both with some early glazing. Later stone plinth obscures footings of posts. Right gable the same except ground floor is in C19 stone, and ornamental barge board with pendant finial at apex. The rear of the left wing has a timber framed gable and 1st floor part infilled with brick. The rest of the rear elevation is C19. Left elevation has 2 and 3-light C19 windows. Right elevation also C19 with central gabled porch and gable to each side with mullioned and transomed bays to ground floor and similar flush windows to 1st floor.

Interior: Some oak panelling in entrance. Rest said to be modernised and not accessible at time of survey.

N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England, 1967.

Listing NGR: SE1967018461