Manor House Including Rear Outbuilding Wing and Attached Mounting Block is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1976. House.
Manor House Including Rear Outbuilding Wing and Attached Mounting Block
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-tower-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Normanton and Hemsworth MP: Jon Trickett (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 January 1976
- Type
- House
- Address
- Manor House Including Rear Outbuilding Wing and Attached Mounting Block, Purston Lane, Ackworth
- OS grid reference
- SE 440 180
- Coordinates
- 53.65695, -1.3345
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Manor House, including a rear outbuilding wing and an attached mounting block, dates from the early 19th century. It is constructed of coursed squared sandstone and some brick, topped with a slate roof. The building is arranged in a U-plan, consisting of a double-depth, three-bay front range with two rear wings. It stands two storeys high with an attic and features a symmetrical Classical style. The ground floor is rendered, and the central round-headed doorway has panelled double doors, a fanlight with radiating glazing bars, and a pedimented architrave. There are two 12-pane sash windows on the ground floor and three above, all with raised sills. The building has a moulded cornice, a low blocking course, coped gables, and gable chimneys.
The left gable wall includes one sash window on each floor and a round-headed attic window. The rear wing has a four-step mounting block attached and a through-passage leading to the rear yard, which features a wrought-iron gate at the inner end. This wing contains a privy, stable, and a first-floor granary with a doorway in the rear gable wall accessed by external steps. Between the wings is an exceptionally large full-height round-headed stair window with glazing bars. Inside, there is a fine doglegged staircase with an open string, scrolled brackets, two slender balusters per tread, and a ramped handrail with a wreathed curtail. The former kitchen is located in the east wing and includes an iron bread oven, along with cellars that feature stone curing tables.
Local climate
Manor House Including Rear Outbuilding Wing and Attached Mounting Block receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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