Burneside Hall

SD 59 NW STRICKLAND ROGER HALL ROAD

6/47 Burneside Hall 21.11.52

G.V. II*

Large House, now subdivided. Mainly C14 with later alterations. Stone rubble walls with quoins, mostly roughcast rendered; graduated green slate roof with interlaced valley; 3 chimney stacks to Hall. Projecting stepped chimney to rear; 2 C19 chimneys to wing at right, one with 4 diagonal square shafts. Hall with crosswings. Solar block to North (now ruined) is in form of Tower having vaulted basements with passage between and incorporates fragments of earlier structure in North wall. Original door with pointed head leading to newel staircase has Mason's mark in C13 style. Hall was originally at first floor level and late C17 drawing by Rev Thomas Machell shows it as such. Original entrance doorway on South West side now has a reversed mullioned window set into it where Machell shows external stair. South wing now gabled; shown by Machell with battlements. Present entrance at rear has original pointed arched head. Front elevation retains stone mullioned windows, 3 of those to upper floor having trefoil heads. Interior retains many original features including a number of doors with pointed arched heads in present kitchen; pre C17 panelled screen to first floor Hall; remains of C17 plaster ceiling and frieze now partly obscured by C20 partitions in South wing. Former outbuildings attached to South and converted to holiday cottage during C20 not included in listing. References: R.C.H.M. The drawing of Burneside Hall in late C17 is in: Jane M Ewbank (Editor) The Antiquary on Horseback C&W extra series Vol. XIX, p.101.

Listing NGR: SD5099195934