Plumpton Hall

NORTH YORKSHIRE HARROGATE 5338

SE 26 NE STUDLEY ROGER PLUMPTON LANE (west side)

8/110 Plumpton Hall

23.4.52 - II

Farmhouse. Mid C17, altered late C18 - early C19. Coursed rubble, rendered on front, stone slate and Westmorland slate roofs. 2-storey, 3-bay block with rear wing of 2 storeys and 3 bays. Quoins, plinth. East front: from left to right - canted bay window; probable position of blocked doorway; two 4-pane sashes. Three 4-pane sashes to first floor. Corniced gritstone stacks to ends and main stack to ridge above blocked doorway. Left return: plinth. Main house: double-chamfered window to ground floor; attic window of 3 round-headed lights with stepped hood-mould blocked by an inserted chimney stack. Wing: far right - a 6-panel glazed door in an elaborately- moulded stone surround with 3 sunk panels on the lintel carrying weathered inscription: "16 B ??" (said to be 1656); hood-mould with scrolled stops. W V To centre, far left and above door are 16-pane sashes in flush-wood frames; a blocked doorway between windows to left. First floor- to centre and far left - sashes with glazing bars in flush wood architraves. Blocked single- and 3-light chamfered mullion windows. Gable coping to left; 2 brick stacks with cogged shafts on ridge to left of door and far left. Right return: main block - similar attic window to left return. Rear wing - outshut with C19 fenestration. Rear: main block - blocked chamfered mullion windows; rear wing - blocked door with cambered arch. Interior: large cavity to left of fireplace in main room, east range, may be part of chimney or the lobby behind blocked doorway. Fine staircase with turned balusters opposite entrance in rear wing. The report of the North Yorkshire and Cleveland Vernacular Buildings Study Group concluded that the east wing post-dates the rear wing, but the dated door surround may have been repositioned when the building was refenestrated in the late C18 - early C19. NYCVBSG Report No 493, 1978.

Listing NGR: SE2908469622