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Title: Markenfield Hall, the Gate House - HLS05846
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Title
Markenfield Hall, the Gate House - HLS05846
Description
Slide 1 - Doubtless there was once a fitting approach to Markenfield, but at present it lies, hidden from sight, a good mile off the Harrogate and Ripon main road, amidst pleasant meadows, and one wanders up and down amid amaze of gates and sheep folds, till we emerge on the corner of the moat once scarce knows how.
It is doubtless from the fact of its being so isolated, and far removed from the busy haunts of men, that it has escaped demolition or any great change to the present day. It is the finest example of a knightly family's 14th century Manor -House in the northern counties.
The site was not a commanding one, but it was well defended by a moat, broad and steep, which still holds water. Across the stone bridge which has replaced the old drawbridge stands the Gate-house.
It is doubtless from the fact of its being so isolated, and far removed from the busy haunts of men, that it has escaped demolition or any great change to the present day. It is the finest example of a knightly family's 14th century Manor -House in the northern counties.
The site was not a commanding one, but it was well defended by a moat, broad and steep, which still holds water. Across the stone bridge which has replaced the old drawbridge stands the Gate-house.
Creator
George Hepworth
Source
Hebden Bridge Literary & Scientific Society
Date
1905 , 1900s
Rights
PHDA - Hebden Bridge Local History Society
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
HLS05846.tif
Collection
Citation
George Hepworth, “Markenfield Hall, the Gate House - HLS05846,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 26, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/7242.
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