Description

WALES KIVETON LANE
SK48SE
(east side)
4/106 Kiveton Hall
8.4.86

GV II

House. Early C19. Horizontally-tooled, coursed limestone, slate roof. 2 storeys
with attics, 3 x 2 bays with entrance in wing to rear left. Plinth, straight
joint to right of bay 2. Central 1-storey canted-bay window has renewed casements
with glazing bars. Flanking bays: have 24-pane sashes with projecting sills
and wedge lintels with keystones. 1st-floor band beneath 3 similar windows
with 16-pane sash to bay 3 otherwise later casements. Ashlar end stacks with
bands, rendered ridge stack to right of centre. Right return: 2 tall 18-pane
sashes to ground floor; 1st-floor band beneath two 12-pane sashes, surrounds
as front; round-headed casement with glazing bars to attic. Occupies site of
Kiveton Park the seat of the Osborne family, Dukes of Leeds.
A scheme for Kiveton Park was drawn up by William Talman but the house built
from 1698 as depicted by measured drawings of James Gibbs is not thought to have
been Talman's work. Kiveton Park was demolished in 1811 and Kiveton Hall may
date from soon after.
John Harris, William Talman: Maverick Architect, 1982, pp25-26 and plates 14
and 17.

Listing NGR: SK4987183397

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Kiveton Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26487673

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Recommended Books

• 
  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
• 
  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
• 
  Old House Care and Repair