Description

SE 11 SW HUDDERSFIELD ROAD
(south side)
2/27 (Meltham)

6th April 1967 Meltham Hall

G.V. II

Large detached residence. 1841 with late C19 addition to east. Built
for William Leigh Brook. Hammer dressed stone with ashlar dressings.
Deep ashlar plinth. Hipped slate roof. Two storeys. 3-bay entrance
and garden fronts, 4-bay side elevation. Bay divisions are marked by
giant pilasters with capitals with anthemion decoration. The pilasters
are coupled on the side elevation. Broad ashlar eaves band and cornce
surmounted by balustraded parapet with dies over pilasters, rounded on
entrance and garden elevations, and in the form of triangular pediments
on side elevation. The garden front has central ground floor bow with
balcony over. Sash windows with glazing bars, in architrave surrounds.
Side elevation has similar windows to 1st floor, those to ground floor
having paired pilaster surrounds. Entrance front has central door with
later, very elaborate porte-cochere of cast iron and glass. Venetian
window to 1st floor.

The only interior feature to survive is the central stone staircase with
decorative cast iron balustrade.

Listing NGR: SE1061510744

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26479176

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Recommended Books

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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey