Description

NY 66 NW UPPER DENTON HALL TERRACE

1/88 Nos 1-4,(consec)

II

4 houses. Late C17 inn, extended and altered to form terrace in late C19.
Calciferous sandstone rubble walls, partly of stone from the nearby Roman Wall;
steeply pitched Welsh slate roof with coped gables, yellow brick chimney stacks
on stone bases. Former inn of 2 storeys, 4 bays, walls raised and extended
under common roof by 3 houses, 2 bays each. No. 4 (Mumps Hall) left, has filled
original fenestration and entrance; 2 central upper floor windows have been
2-light stone mullions, with flanking single lights; ground floor window left
has recessed filling, other ground floor windows lost in alterations; original
entrance was slightly right of present entrance. End wall has 2 small filled
windows on 2 levels, with filled upper floor 2-light mullioned window to left.
C19 entrance has 4-panel door and glazed fanlight, with plain painted stone
surround; flanking double 2-pane sash windows with painted stone surrounds,
2-pane sashes above. other houses, included partly for G.V., are of similar C19
details with C20 alterations to windows and doors. No 1 has inscription over
entrance HALL TERRACE. Margaret Teasdale (1679-1777), who was landlady of Mumps
Hall, was the model for Sir Walter Scott's character Tib Mumps in 'Guy
Mannering'.

Listing NGR: NY6330466426

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26379987

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