Description

SE 77 SW HECKMONDWIKE UD NEW NORTH ROAD

4/77 Old Hall Public House
11/6/80 (Formerly listed as (Old Hall)
Nos 1, 3 and 5))

II*

Formerly a hall-house, cut in half by railway, now public house. C.17
incorporating timber framings thought to be of the C15. Altered.
Hammer dressed stone. Quoins. Stone slate roof (turned), with
chamfered gable copings. Single storey main hall with 2 storey
crosswing to left. 12-light hollow chamfered, mullioned and transomed
hall window with hood mould. Crosswing has single light in gable apex
one 5-light window to 1st floor, and one 6-light window to ground floor,
all hollow, double chamfered and with hood moulds. Outshut to crosswing.
The rear of the building, (to road), is altered. The crosswing has one
square cut 3-light window to each floor. A rear wing has main entrance.
Outshut to each side. Some double chamfered windows.

Timber framing is exposed internally. The crosswing is separately framed
from main hall, and is more complete. Much of timber work is replaced.
Jowelled posts and arched braces. C.17 plasterwork to hall ceiling.

The house was the home of eminent C.18 scientist Joseph Priestley.

Listing NGR: SE2140623931

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17548154

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Recommended Books

• 
  For the Record
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
• 
  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments