Description

DALTON
SD 50 NW
10/41 Prior's Wood Hall
22-4-1967
II

House. Late C17 with C19 alterations. Sandstone rubble with stone slate
roof. 2 storeys with attic. H-plan, with taller C19 wing parallel with
eastern cross-wing. North facade has rebated and chamfered mullioned
windows. Right-hand (west) cross-wing has windows of 5 lights on the
ground floor, 4 on the 1st floor and 2 to the attic. Tooling on the
window surrounds and quoins suggests a C19 rebuilding of this wing. The
recessed centre has a 2-storey gabled porch. To its left on the 1st floor
is a 5-light window, to its right one of 4 lights. Below are added
single-storey lean-tos which each have a 3-light window. The 1st floor
window of the porch is of 2 lights. The windows of the left-hand cross-
wing include one of 4 lights with transom lighting the stair and one of 2
lights to the attic. The outer porch doorway has a moulded round arch and
moulded imposts. Above is a blank plaque enclosed by a hood. The inner
door is C17, of oak with 2 panels. Chimneys to each side of right-hand
cross-wing, to left of left-hand cross-wing and to right of porch. The
main facade of the C19 wing faces south. It has a canted bay window on
the ground floor and mullioned windows above. Interior: east wing
contains stair with open string, stick balusters, and swept handrail.
Middle room has 2 axial beams with deep quarter-round mouldings, and an
inglenook forming a lobby-entry. A C17 dog-leg stair has a closed string
and turned balusters. The lower flight has been re-arranged. Part of the
attic has a clay floor. The visible roof trusses have tie beams, collars,
and raking struts. The western truss over the central part of the house
contains some re-used moulded timber.

Listing NGR: SD5015609613

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26567715

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