Buckstone Hall

Buckstone Hall is a large house, dating from 1874 and converted into four dwellings in the late 20th century. It was built for William Dewhurst, a textile manufacturer, to designs by Lockwood & Mawson of Bradford. The house is constructed of rock-faced grit stone with ashlar dressings, and has slate roofs with tall stone chimney stacks. The plan is in the shape of an “L”.

The south, or garden, front features three two-storey canted bay windows with moulded bands. The central bay has French windows and steps leading down to the garden. A right-corner angle buttress supports a small, circular corner turret with slit windows. This turret projects above the eaves and is topped with battlements.

The west entrance front has two windows to the right and a tower to the left. The right section includes a tall tripartite sash window in a slightly projecting surround, and a single plain sash above it. The left corner is dominated by a projecting three-storey square tower with a four-storey octagonal corner tower, and a single-storey porch with single sash windows to the north and west, and a doorway to the south. The tower has two plain sashes on the south front and a single upper sash to the north front. The third stage of the tower features two tall and narrow sashes to each face.

The north front includes a large three-light staircase window on the upper floor with pointed lights topped with circular windows. The north-east service wing has irregular four-storey fenestration topped with battlements.

The interior of the house contains a fine, original wooden staircase, and the main reception rooms retain original skirting, coving, doors, door frames, windows, and shutters. The staircase features some stained-glass and a good plaster ceiling. Upper floor rooms retain similar Victorian features, including a number of original fireplaces.