Gargrave House

Gargrave House is a large house, completed in 1917 and designed by the architect James B Dunn for J W Coulthurst. It is now used as a nursing home. The house is built with a facing of Yorkshire ragstone in snecked rubble, covered by whitemoss slates from Caithness. The main block faces south-west over formal gardens, and features an irregular pattern of windows. The garden front includes a main entrance door with pilasters and an open pediment, flanked by windows. Above the entrance are three windows, while double-height bows are found on either side: the right-hand one has a first-floor balcony and both feature gabled pediments. To the left of the entrance are two French windows between smaller ground floor windows with three first floor windows and three dormers above. The south-east front has a projecting double arched portico and tall windows to both the ground and first floors. Dormers with round arched tops are visible on the roof. A single-storey extension projects to the north-west.

The interior includes a drawing room and a dining room to either side of the entrance hall, with a second hall leading to the porticoed entrance. A library and a business room are located behind, with a kitchen to the front beyond the dining room and service rooms behind. The house has two staircases, the main one featuring a domed skylight. These rooms remain largely intact and contain a wealth of Baroque detailing in fireplaces, cornices, ceiling decoration, fitted cupboards, doorways, and other decorative elements, including a fully panelled library. The main open well staircase has fine barleysugar balusters and a wooden handrail, with pillars supporting the open landing at the first floor.