Northorpe Hall

Northorpe Hall is a large house, currently used as a training school. It dates from the 17th century, with alterations from the 19th century and recent extensive restorations. The building is constructed from hammer-dressed stone and features quoins, with a stone slate roof that has hollow chamfered gable copings, mostly new. It has two storeys and attics, with a three-gabled front that includes a two-storey gabled porch to the left and a centre gable. The right two bays have a new throated drip mould at the ground and first floors. The open porch has a Tudor arched lintel, while the internal doorway features an ovolo moulded surround and an arched head with the original studded door. The left bay is from the 19th century at the front, although there are traces of 17th-century windows at the rear, and it has a large two-light window on each floor. All other windows are new, including a six-light mullioned and transomed window in the porch on the first floor, and four-light windows in the centre and right bays on both floors, along with two-light blocked windows in the attics. There is an added wing at the rear of the centre bay.

Inside, there is a plaque that reads E.T. 1704, referring to Edward Thomas. The house was originally the home of the Northorp family and later of the Armytages of Kirklees. It was partly rebuilt by Josiah Sheard in 1701.