Description

SE 11 SE STORTHES HALL ROAD
Kirkburton
5/105
The Mansion (Storthes
23rd June 1965 Hall Hospital)
(Formerly listed as
II The Mansion Shorthes Hall
Lane)

Mansion house. Late C18 built for the Horsefall family. Two additions
to left probably early C19. Ashlar. Hipped slate roof with moulded
eaves cornice and 4 ashlar stacks. Two storeys plus attic. 7-bay
symmetrical facade, the centre 3 of which break forward slightly and
are pedimented. 4 steps lead to central portico with garlanded frieze,
cornice and segmental pediment on tuscan columns with backing pilasters.
Doorway has fanlight with radial glazing bars. Sash windows with glazing
bars those to ground floor having small moulded cornice. The attic forms
a half-storey with smaller windows.

To the left, set back, is a 2-storey, 3-bay addition, and projecting from
this, at 90° is a 5-bay wing.

To the rear is central door with semi-circular fanlight with radial
glazing bars, and flanking single lights all under pedimented cornice.
Above this, to 1st floor, is Venetian window, and to attic, a thermal
window.

Modernised interior.

H. J. Morehouse, The History of Kirkburton & The Graveship of Holme, 1861.

Listing NGR: SE1850312920

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26599744

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Recommended Books

• 
  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)