Halton Place

SD 85 SE 11/1 20.2.58

HALTON WEST Halton Place

GV II

Large house. 1770 by John Crunden for Thomas Yorke with late C19 and early C20 alterations. Rendered, stone dressings, slate roof. Central hall plan. Tripartite facade: 3 storeys,3 bays gabled central feature flanked by slightly projecting storeys single bay to left and right, also gabled. Central entrance has recessed Tuscan porch of 2 columns and 2 pilasters; repressed entablature with string course above and coat of arms of Yorke impaling Wright; moulded architrave to entrance, 2-leaf doors of 4 panels each. 4 ground floor and 5 first floor windows have sashes; 3 second floor windows: left-hand 6 pane sashes, casements in other 2; sill bands to all floors. Lunette window in central pediment. Eaves stacks to left and right of central block. To left is c1880 2 storeys 2 bays service wing. Dressed stone. One ground floor and 2 upper floor windows have sashes. Central ridge stack. At rear is c1900 2 storeys 4 bays extension containing ground floor billiard room. Interior: hall contains open string dog-leg staircase, stick balusters and ramped wreathed handrail. Dining room and drawing room contain plaster friezes of festoons and fans with matching chimneypieces. Source: "The Ground-Plot, Plans, Elevations and Section of Halton-Place in Yorkshire. The seat of Thos. Yorke Esq. Designed by John Crunden Archt 1770".

Listing NGR: SD8515954832