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Title: Heath Old Hall, Chimney Piece in Long Gallery - HLS05901
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Heath Old Hall, Chimney Piece in Long Gallery - HLS05901
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Slide 6: Mr John Wombwell, an East Indian Nabob (a person, especially a European, who has made a large fortune in India or another country of the East), who lived here towards the end of the eighteenth century, is said to have spent a large sum of money upon this place. Among other innovations made, such as dividing the large banqueting chamber, hiding the Jezabel mantelpiece, which was discovered by accident in taking down a false or holow ceiling.
Mr Edward Green (a subsequent tenant of the Hall) restored the chimney-piece. It is a very remarkable example of Seventeenth Century work with coupled Ionic and Corinthian columns, and a quaint carving representing the death of Jezabel.
Mr Edward Green (a subsequent tenant of the Hall) restored the chimney-piece. It is a very remarkable example of Seventeenth Century work with coupled Ionic and Corinthian columns, and a quaint carving representing the death of Jezabel.
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PHDA - Hebden Bridge Local History Society
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Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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HLS05901.tif
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“Heath Old Hall, Chimney Piece in Long Gallery - HLS05901,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 24, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/7297.
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