The Manor House

BROTHERTON CROSS HILL SE 42 NE (west side) 3/8 The Manor House 23.5.77 II House. C18 with earlier origins and later additions and alterations. Magnesian limestone rubble with ashlar quoins and brick dressings, stone slate roof and brick stacks. Outshut to rear. 2 storeys, 6 bays. Rounded angle to ground floor at right. Entrance, a 4-panel door under overlight with glazing bars beneath C20 wooden porch of no particular interest. To sixth bay a further 4-panel door under divided overlight. Sashes with glazing bars throughout, all with ashlar sills. Some have ashlar quoined surround, some brick. All openings under lintels. Kneelers and coping to gable end, 2 ridge stacks. In left gable a blocked opening contains headless statue, thought to be of God the Father, removed from previous parish church during C19. Interior: open well oak staircase with vase balusters, ball finials to newels and scroll at base. Some original 12-panel doors in panelled surrounds. Some exposed ceiling beams. Forrest, C, The History and Antiquity of Knottingley, 1871, pp 102-4.

Listing NGR: SE4810625923