Description

IPSTONES C.P. -
SK 05 SW
Sharpecliffe
6/168 Hall
2.5.53

GV II*

Large house. Dated 1673, possibly to earlier fabric, restored and
enlarged late C19. Coursed dressed and squared stone, large quoins,
raised cavetto strings at floor levels stepped over windows; tiled
roof with crested ridge; verge parapets with ball finials; twin-
and triple-shafted (some circular) end and ridge stacks; original
plan of 2 parallel ranges. 2-storey and gable-lit attic, 3-window
entrance front of 3 flush gables; all windows chamfered and mullioned;
labelled 2-light windows to attics, originally 3-, 4-, 3-light to first
floor, now with C19 four-light to right; 5:2:2:5 to ground floor, the
right-hand deeper with a transom, the 2-light windows flank late C19
single-storey gabled porch with Tudor arch over a boarded door and low-
relief coat-of-arms above. The centre gable bears 2 labelled plaques
at attic floor level, inscribed to the left: "THIS HOUSE BUILDED BY
JOHN/WHITEHALL OF PARKHALL ESQ/SONNE TO JAMES GRANDCHILDE/T0 ROBERT
GREAT GRANDCHILDE/TO JAMES WHITEHALL WHICH JOHN BY FRANCES HEIRS TO
WI/LLIAM ASTON OF PARKHALL ES/Q HAD ELIZABETH & ANNE &/JAMES BY FRANCES
CRESLEY". The right-hand plaque bears the date 1673. Set-back late
C19 wing of 2 windows to right is of 2 storeys and with a dormer to
upper floor. Well set-back late C19 wing to left. Further mullioned
windows to paired gables on left, both with ranges of 2-, 3-, 4-light
windows.

Listing NGR: SK0085952172

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17531891

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)