Calverley House Farmhouse

SE23NW LS28 TOWN GATE SE2137 PUDSEY (east side, off), Calverley 2/163 Calverley House Farmhouse 25.1.78 II

House, now in 2 occupations. c1800 for Thomas Thornhill of Fixby Park, Huddersfield (q.v.), Lord of the Manor of Calverley. Finely dressed stone, Welsh blue-slate roof. 2 storeys. 3-bay symmetrical facade. lst-floor sill-band, eaves cornice. Ground-floor bays have elliptical-arched recesses, central bay having round-arched doorway with fanlight, imposts and side-lights; outer bays having windows with projecting sills. lst- floor windows similar with rectangular sunk panels above. All have casements. Hipped roof with stack to left pitch and 2 stacks to right pitch. Rear fenestrated as front. Left-hand return of 3 bays, 1st 2 bays forming a segmental, full-height bow with semi-conical roof. 3rd bay has inserted French-window set in elliptical-arched recess. The house was never used by Thomas Thornhill but let to substantial tenants throughout the C19. One of these was Ellis Cunliffe-Lister, MP, whose son, Samuel, later 1st Lord Masham and owner of the largest wool-combing business in the world (at Manningham Mills, Bradford) was born here.

Listing NGR: SE2140437114