Woodthorpe Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1953. House.

Woodthorpe Hall

WRENN ID: standing-alcove-wren
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Wakefield
Country: England
Date first listed: 14 July 1953
Type: House
Source: Historic England listing

Description

1. 5115 SE 31 NW 13/6 14.7.53

WOODTHORPE LANE (South-West Side) Woolgreaves Woodthorpe Hall

2. C17 house with alterations. 2-storeys. Central, 3-bay, hip-roofed block with one-bay side wings. Coursed, squared, smoothed stone. Entrance front has cornice band continuous with gable coping of one-bay outer sections; and parapet before stone-flagged roof. Blank 2-storey right extension. Stone stacks on ridge and on gable peaks. Early C19 sash windows with glazing bars in raised stone surrounds. (Garden front has traces of C17 window frames). Tripartite ground floor windows flank 6-panel door in prostyle Tuscan porch. 2-bay west return in similar style with repairs to stonework. Tripartite window to extension on garden front. Interior woodwork mostly early C19. One C17 fireplace and a 3-panel ceiling with deep cornices, circa 1700. Also a wood ribbed quadrant in one corner of drawing room suggests a fan vault. Exposed heavy chamfered beam and joists in dining room and elsewhere. Wall running west from south-west corner, (building behind it demolished) probably C18.

Listing NGR: SE3409716931

Find Similar Buildings

Detailed Attributes

Structured analysis including materials, construction techniques, architect attribution, and related listed building consent applications. Sign in or create a free account to view.

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.