Grade II* listed building.
Substantial remains of an early C16 timber-framed open hall, encased in stone in the
early C17 with added porch dated 1676, restored with some rebuilding c.1975.
3-room through passage plan with rear kitchen wing. Double…
The porch was built by William Cockroft who acted as Surveyor in the years 1736, 1747 and 1752. Here also lived Henry Cockroft who was Surveyor for the years 1769-71 and died in office. Picture taken 1948. The deep-set double chamfered windows were…
High Sunderland Hall was a manor house, built c. 1600 just outside Halifax, and demolished in 1951 after falling into dereliction. Originally a timbered house, a striking stone frontage was added in the 17th century. Early residents played exciting…
The front of the house showing the main doorway. High Sunderland Hall was a manor house, built c 1600 just outside Halifax, and demolished in 1951 after falling into dereliction. The house is perhaps best known for having supposedly provided Emily…
Grade II* listed building.
Substantial remains of an early C16 timber-framed open hall, encased in stone in the
early C17 with added porch dated 1676, restored with some rebuilding c.1975.
3-room through passage plan with rear kitchen wing. Double…
Grade II listed building. A fine example of a yeoman clothiers house. The original house was built in the second half of C16 with early C17 new front to west wing.
Hall-and-cross-wings plan with rear kitchen wing rebuilt early C19.
The housebody and…
This building stands next the Heptonstall Church graveyard. Since secular properties are not allowed direct access onto consecrated ground, the blocked up doorways leading into the churchyard show that in its earlier days it was an ecclesiastical…
Located in Churchyard Bottom, the school, seen here through the arch of the Great North Gate, was endowed in 1642 by a legacy of the Rev. Charles Greenwood, Rector of Thornhill and Lord of the Manor of Heptonstall. The school was rebuilt in 1771 and…
In 1626 Charles Greenwood, Rector of Thornhill Church, purchased the sub-manor of Heptonstall from Sir Arthur Ingram for £500. He founded Heptonstall Grammar School in 1642 to be maintained by rents from property in Colden (still known as School…
In 1626 Charles Greenwood, Rector of Thornhill Church, purchased the sub-manor of Heptonstall from Sir Arthur Ingram for £500. He founded Heptonstall Grammar School in 1642 to be maintained by rents from property in Colden (still known as School…
The timber framed and stone-clad Cliffe Hill barn probably dates to the early 17th century with late 18th century alterations. The archway is circa 1700, and the farmhouse has a date stone “INMN 1601”.
This fine example of a yeoman clothiers house was built in the second half of the C16 with early C17 new front to west wing. The rear kitchen wing which was rebuilt early C19. It has a five light chamfered mullioned window with arched lights.