Description

In the Entry for:
SE32NW MORLEY Main Street
SE30 25 (east side)
East Ardsley

3/77 East Ardsley
3.7.85 Old Hall

G.V II*

At the end of the second paragraph this sentence shall be inserted:

"on the upper floor, (within no 2) an original C17, 4 centred arched
fireplace, with early C18 Delft tiles".

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SE32NW WF3 MAIN STREET
SE3025 MORLEY (east side)
East Ardsley

3/77 East Ardsley
Old Hall
3.7.85

GV II*

Large gentry house, partly unoccupied. Of three builds: dated 1622; 1632;
and mid C17. Much weathered sandstone, ashlar dressings, stone slate roofs.
2 storeys, 3-room hall-and-crosswings plan, double-depth. E-shaped to front,
T-shaped to rear. 5-bay symmetrical facade. Plinth, quoins, central bay,
a gabled 2-storey porch in ashlar, has Tudor-arched doorway with moulded
surround (cyma, step, roll) and spandrels. To either side is the date 1632
set in an incised shield and tressure. Lintel inscribed "Robert..... (Shaw)
in Domino Confido". Set above is carved representation of a talbot dog in
relief. Cyma-moulded band. 1st floor jettied under cyma-moulded surround has
4-light mullioned-and-transomed window with ovolo moulded mullions. Cyma-moulded
cornice. Coped gable with finials to apex and kneelers. Side returns have
cross-window to 1st floor. Flanking bays (2 and 4) have a 3-light mullioned-and-
transomed window to each floor. Outer bays (1 and 5) project slightly and have
quoined angles. lst bay, dated 1622 and probably a parlourwing built on to an
earlier hall range, has a 7-light mullioned-and-transomed window with hoodmould
to each floor. 5th bay has a 5-light mullioned-and-transomed window to each floor
and inserted doorway with flat Tudor-arched lintel and moulded surround. Added
mid C17 bay to right has cross-window to each floor and cat-slide roof. Outer
bays have coped gables with kneelers and apex finials, that to 1st bay dated.
Stack at junction of bays 4 and 5 set forward from ridge. One other lateral
stack to left. Rear: 3 gables, central bay projects. Left cell has blocked
cusped light and 2-light window lacking mullion with 3-light double-chamfered
mullioned window to 1st floor. Central bay has quoined angles and inserted
windows. 3rd bay has 7-light window (altered to 5-lights) with 7-light mullioned-
and-transomed window to 1st floor (all blocked except one light).

Interior: the doorway opens directly into the hall which has 2 spine beams with
plaster casings. John Batty reported that the fireplace had an ornamental plaster
overmantel (W. Smith, pp16-18) but this no longer survives. The west parlour has
an original plaster cornice. The wing to rear of hall was probably a kitchen wing
and was added mid C17. Opening out of the north-east corner of the hall is the
main stair, half-turned with landings, heavy turned balusters and square newels,
possibly late C17 and contemporary with the decoration of the east parlour chamber.
This has panelled walls (painted) with 3 stages of fielded bolection-moulded
panelling and a fireplace with bolection-moulded surround and a deeply-moulded
cornice. These fittings suggest that the room became one of the main display areas
in the house, and may have been a lst-floor diningroom.

The house is a fine example of a gentry dwelling of its date. It is unusual in
having a central entry at such an early date, and this feature together with the
provision of good quality parlours and chambers show a significant decline in the
status of the hall.

L. Ambler, The Old Halls and Manor Houses of Yorkshire (1913), pp72-73.

Building News, March 30th, 1883. RCHM (England) report.

W. Smith (ed), J. Batty, The Old Hall of East Ardsley; Old Yorkshire,
New Series I (1889), copy in YAS Library.

Listing NGR: SE3057325261

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17533469

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