Parcevall Hall

Parcevall Hall is a house dating from the 16th century, with significant additions and alterations from the 17th and early 20th centuries. Originally a rest house for Fountains Abbey, it later belonged to Bolton Priory. In 1928, it was purchased by Sir Wm Milner, who designed the additions, and in 1960 it was given to the Walsingham Trust. The house now serves as a retreat for Bradford Diocese. The structure is principally ashlar, with coursed squared stone, and has a graduated stone slate roof.

The original core of the house consists of a two-storey, six-bay section. The left-hand bay is set back and gabled to the left return. A shallow, flat-headed porch sits between bays two and three, featuring two ball finials and a studded door within a chamfered surround. To the left of the porch is a drainpipe with the waterhead inscribed "1775." The porch is flanked by six-light double-chamfered mullioned windows, with central major mullions and hoodmoulds. To the right of the porch are two three-light double-chamfered mullion windows, with a one-light chamfered window between them. The first floor mirrors the ground floor, with the exception of the right bay, which features a three-light double-chamfered mullioned window with a hoodmould. Gable ends are punctuated with stepped, three-light chamfered mullioned windows and features shaped kneelers, and stone coping. End and ridge stacks are also present.

To the right of the original section is a two-storey, five-bay modern addition, while a long wing was constructed to the rear in 1929, at a right angle to the main house, with a parallel wing added in the same year. The additions are built in a similar style as the original section, utilizing mullioned windows.

The interior of the solar includes a large inglenook fireplace with a chamfered segmental arch. Downstairs, a fireplace bears the date 1671, embellished with simple, diamond-shaped plasterwork above. The kitchen contains a large fireplace with a beehive oven. C17th panelling, brought in from other buildings in recent times, is also incorporated within.

References: Country Life, October 25 1962, 'A New Role for a Wharfedale Hall', Bernard Wood pp 1039.