Castley Hall And Manor Farmhouse

Castley Hall and Manor Farmhouse is a house built in the late 17th century, with some alterations made in the 20th century. It is constructed of coursed gritstone and topped with a stone slate roof. The building has two storeys and a basement, featuring five bays. The exterior displays chamfered alternate quoins and a central panelled door that includes an overlight, eared architrave, and a broken segmental pediment. The ground and first floors have 16-pane sash windows set in plain surrounds, with a blind window on the ground floor to the left and cross-windows on the first floor at the far left and center. There is a projecting band at the first-floor level and an eaves cornice, along with shaped kneelers and ashlar coping. At the rear, there are two 20th-century brick stacks on the ridge, two 20th-century doors, and two four-light double-chamfered mullioned windows with drip moulds in the basement. The ground and first floors at the rear also feature 16-pane sashes with plain surrounds. On the left side, there is a central door with a flight of semi-circular steps, flanked by cross-windows on the first floor and blocked oval windows in the attic storey. The interior has not been inspected. The house was likely built shortly before 1702 by Robert Dyneley, and the lordship was previously held by the Arthingtons. For more details, see H Speight's "Upper Wharfedale," published in London in 1900, page 124.