Description

ACKWORTH RIGG LANE
SE41NE
(north side, off)
3/29 Ackworth Grange
25.3.1968
GV II

House. Late C18 or early C19, on earlier site. Coursed squared sandstone,
slate roof. Rectangular plan. Two storeys and 3 bays, symmetrical, with
full-height bows flanking the centre; central round-headed doorway with
double doors, fanlight with radiating glazing bars, and pedimented Tuscan
doorcase with mutules to the pediment; above this, a 12-pane sashed window;
the flanking bows have tripartite sashed windows on both floors, with flat-
faced mullions, 12-pane sashes in the centre and 8-pane sashes at the sides;
modillioned cornice and low blocking course; low-pitched hipped roof and
side-wall chimneys. Left return wall has 2 windows on each floor, all blind
except the upper left, and cornice carried round. Larger service element to
rear, earlier than front range and of 3 storeys to same height, and with same
cornice continued, has, inter alia, a doorway and 2 windows with arched heads
(probably early C19 alterations) and boxed sashed windows on all floors.
Interior: fine cantilevered stone staircase, half-turned with landings, with
scrolled soffits to the steps, iron balusters with foliated panels, and
ramped handrail with wreathed curtail; 6-panel doors with reeded architraves.

History: known as "Briars Flatts" in late C18, acquired by Roman Catholic
Tempest family of Broughton Hall nr. Skipton in 1836, and then known as
Ackworth Grange; former Catholic chapel by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, 1842, demolished 1966. Reference: Kate Taylor, Wakefield District Heritage (Wakefield 1979) Vol II p.78.

Listing NGR: SE4601017469

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26428860

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