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Wych Elm in grounds at Sprotbrough Hall - HLS06014
Slide 6 - In the grounds surrounding the house are many fine 'ancestral trees' copper beeches, variegated sycamores, light coloured elms and weeping beeches.
Our attention is drawn particularly to a magnificent wych elm, the branches of which, it…
Our attention is drawn particularly to a magnificent wych elm, the branches of which, it…
Workmen in the Garden at Cragg Hall - ALC00146
Cragg Hall, Cragg Vale, was the home of the Hinchliffe family. It burnt down in 1921.
Woodsome Hall, view from the West - HLS06066
Slide 16 - Emerging from the courtyard, we view the mansion from the back, noticing the buttressed chimney-stacks and diagonally formed summits, peculiar to the period.
In taking our leave of Woodsome, the lines from Tennyson can truly be applied…
In taking our leave of Woodsome, the lines from Tennyson can truly be applied…
Woodsome Hall, South Front from lawn - HLS06052
Slide 2 - A flight of steps of ample width leads to a flagged terrace, flanked with an ornamental balustrade of rare beauty, black with age, and covered with pretty creeping plants.
As Canon Hulbert says in his 'Annals of the Church in…
As Canon Hulbert says in his 'Annals of the Church in…
Woodsome Hall, South Front - HLS06051
Slide 1 - Well might Woodsome be described as 'one of the most charming old places in Yorkshire'
A carriage drive through an avenue of trees brings us to the front of the ancient mansion. Taking our stand on the graveled path on the east side of the…
A carriage drive through an avenue of trees brings us to the front of the ancient mansion. Taking our stand on the graveled path on the east side of the…
Whiteley Arches, Charlestown, Hebden Bridge. - KEC00173
West of Hebden Bridge on the Todmorden road the viaduct was built in 1839/40 on the Manchester and Leeds Railway. An early example of skew arches. The bridge was originally bow string but was replaced about 1940 as a matter of neccesity by the metal…
Whiteley Arches, Charlestown, Hebden Bridge - KEC00174
West of Hebden Bridge on the Todmorden road the viaduct was built in 1839/40 on the Manchester and Leeds Railway. An early example of skew arches. The bridge was originally bow string but was replaced about 1940 as a matter of neccesity by the metal…
Weston Hall, the West Wing - HLS06039
Slide 3 - The right wing of the Hall contains a deeply embayed, mullioned window, with a rich mantling of ivy, and is exceedingly picturesque. This wing is generally ascribed to the period of Henry the Seventh.
Weston Hall, the Banqueting Room - HLS06040
Slide 4 - In the gardens is a very large and highly finished, detached banqueting hall, of three stages, with an upper turret. The building is thickly ivy clad, and contains the arms of Vavasour and Stanley. It dates from the same period as the Hall.
Weston Hall, showing Lake - HLS06037
Slide 1 - In a retired and beautiful situation near the banks of the Wharfe, and about two miles west of Otley, stands the fine old mansion Weston Hall, whose history goes back to the remote past. As we approach it by the carriage drive, across the…
Weston Hall, East front from the Lawn - HLS06038
Slide 2 - In 1284 Weston Hall was held by William de Stopham, and afterwards it came into the family of Vavasour. For more than five centuries the house has been the ancestral home of the Vavasours, and was retained in the male line until 1883 when…
Wellingtonia pine avenue, Sprotbrough - HLS06017
Slide 9 - Leaving the Hall on our way to the village, we pass along a carriage drive, on each side of which are rows of Wellingtonia firs (natives of California). These form a grateful shade from the sun, and are perhaps as fine specimens of these…
Unknown house - ALC00796
Possibly Cragg Hall grounds ?
Todmorden Old Hall, 2008 - CRN00456
Todmorden Old Hall grounds. These gardens appear on many local people's wedding photographs as they were right next door to where the registry office was.
Three Gentlemen and a Kitten - ALC05008
Can you spot the kitten? Any idea of who they are or where the photograph was taken?
The South Front, East Riddlesden Hall, Keighley - PNH00197
A National Trust Property
The Nook, Nest Lane 1980 - HLS00136
The Nook, Nest Lane, Mytholmroyd, 1980. Formerly the home of Ben Stansfield who collaborated with Edgar Thornber in setting up the appliance side of Thornber Bros. Ltd. Ref: 007GreenKC Lit & Sci.
The Holme, Cliviger - HLS05902
Slide 1 - Situated in a well wooded recess sheltered from the north, and in full view of the highway leading up the Cliviger valley, stands the quaint mansion of Holme, which for close upon six centuries has been the seat of the Whitaker family. The…
The Gardens, Marske Hall, Swaledale - HLS05863
Slide 7: The gardens adjoining the Hall are beautifully kept and contain many choice varieties of trees, among which is a fine specimen of silver fir of great size and luxuriance. A stream called Marske beck passes through the grounds. This has…