Description

SE23NW LS28 TOWN GATE
SE2137 PUDSEY (east side, off),
Calverley

2/163 Calverley House Farmhouse
25.1.78
II

House, now in 2 occupations. c1800 for Thomas Thornhill of Fixby Park,
Huddersfield (q.v.), Lord of the Manor of Calverley. Finely dressed stone,
Welsh blue-slate roof. 2 storeys. 3-bay symmetrical facade. lst-floor
sill-band, eaves cornice. Ground-floor bays have elliptical-arched
recesses, central bay having round-arched doorway with fanlight, imposts
and side-lights; outer bays having windows with projecting sills. lst-
floor windows similar with rectangular sunk panels above. All have casements.
Hipped roof with stack to left pitch and 2 stacks to right pitch. Rear
fenestrated as front. Left-hand return of 3 bays, 1st 2 bays forming a
segmental, full-height bow with semi-conical roof. 3rd bay has inserted
French-window set in elliptical-arched recess.
The house was never used by Thomas Thornhill but let to substantial tenants
throughout the C19. One of these was Ellis Cunliffe-Lister, MP, whose son,
Samuel, later 1st Lord Masham and owner of the largest wool-combing business
in the world (at Manningham Mills, Bradford) was born here.

Listing NGR: SE2140437114

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26556580

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Recommended Books

• 
  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)