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Shibden Hall - South Front, distant - HLS06030
Slide 1 - "A front of timber-crost antiquity"
This line from Tennyson's 'Enoch Arden' aptly describes the appearance of the fine old Hall overlooking the pleasant Shibden Dale. Shibden Hall is one of the few structures now remaining erected at a…
This line from Tennyson's 'Enoch Arden' aptly describes the appearance of the fine old Hall overlooking the pleasant Shibden Dale. Shibden Hall is one of the few structures now remaining erected at a…
Shandy Hall - Coxwold - HLS05957
Slide 30 - Where author Laurence Sterne lived, worked and wrote 'Tristam Shandy' and 'Sentimental Journeys'
Screen in Dining Room, Kirklees Hall - HLS05941
Slide 14 - Now let us enter by the North Porch, which leads into a passage, and on the right of this we go through a door into the Dining Room. The screen in this room is the finest decorative feature of the house. It dates from the time when a Hall…
Royds Hall, the South Front - HLS06068
Slide 1 - Royds Hall is very fine specimen of a Yorkshire Manor house of the Seventeenth Century. It is situated in the Parish of Bradford and is picturesqely seated upon high table - land looking south, affording an extensive and charming prospect.…
Royds Hall, the Justice Room - HLS06070
Slide 3 - 'Squire Leedes' as he was familiarly called was a noted magistrate of George the Third's time and sat to administer justice in a building within his own grounds, aview of which is now shown. The broad flight of steps outside, and the…
Royds Hall, Centre Portion of the South Front - HLS06069
Slide 2 - A date and arms over the porch on the South Front fix the date of the erection of the central portion of the house at 1640. Another portion of the East End bears the date 1651 and the West Wing that of 1656. The extreme eastern end was…
Robin Hood's Grave - HLS05932
Slide 5 - On the brow of the hill, some distance away from the Gate House, is a railed-in space which has ever been known as Robin Hood's grave. The grave is situated in a secluded part of the Park on the outskirts of a wood. The prospect from here…
Ribston Hall, Entrance door to the Saloon - HLS05995
Slide 3 - Above the entrance door to the saloon is the date 1674 and the Goodricke cipher. Surmounting the whole is a shield bearing the Goodricks arms empaling legge, but this has now decayed through age.
Ribston Hall - The Staircase - HLS06001
Slide 9 - The rooms of the house are lofty and well lighted, and admirably fitted up throughout. The principal staircase from the ground to the upper floor is of stone, which, though not of a very elaborate character, is, nevertheless, pleasing and…
Ribston Hall - the Saloon - HLS05996
Slide 4 - The great saloon, which we now enter, measures 44 feet by 31 feet, is very handsomely decorated in the Italian style, and is said to have been completed in Sir John Goodricke's time. It is adorned with large wall paintings copied from some…
Ribston Hall - The Oak Room - HLS06000
Slide 8 - The Library, or Oak Room, also bears evidence of the great care devoted to the beautifying of the place,and above the mantelpiece there are some admirable carvings by Grinling Gibbons, which are fine examples of that noted carver's skill.
Ribston Hall - Mantlepiece West end of Saloon - HLS05999
Slide 7 - Here we have another one showing a similar mantle-piece at the West end of the same apartment. Over each of these is a fine wall painting identical in size, but different in subject.
Ribston Hall - Mantlepiece in Saloon - HLS05998
Slide 6 - The mantle-pieces at the East and West ends of the Saloon are of delicate and refined workmanship, of white Italian marble, inlaid with other coloured marbles under the shelves, which are supported on each side by fluted Ionic pillars with…
Ribston Hall - In the 'Flora Garden' - HLS06004
Slide 12 - Still keeping in the same garden, where are seen numerous fine specimens of trees and shrubs of fine growth. In fact every turn discloses fresh beauties that are bewildering to the photographer in search of subjects, with such a variety to…
Ribston Hall - In the 'Flora Garden' - HLS06003
Slide 11 - The Gardens at Ribston are very tastefully and attractively laid out with a numerous assortment of trees and shrubs and flowering plants. Many of these were no doubt planted by Sir Henry Goodricke, the fourth Baronet, who died in 1738. Sir…
Ribston Hall - HLS05994
Slide 2 - Sir Henry Goodricke, the 2nd Baronet, who succeeded to the estate in 1670, was a man of importance in his time, and a strong Royalist. He took an active part in the Revolution of 1688 and was a very active supporter of the Prince of Orange.…
Ribston Hall - HLS05993
Slide 1- In a beautiful part of the valley of the winding Nidd stands the historic house of Ribston Hall. The house is picturesquely situated on the elevated ground, more than half encompassed by the River Nidd, and the Park is widely extended and…
Ribston Hall - Font in Chapel - HLS06002
Slide 10 - Attached to the Hall is the Ancient Chapel of St Andrews, commonly called Ribston Hall Chapel, wherein are some memorials of the Templars as well as the Goodricke Family. There are also two memorial tablets to the present family of Dent.…
Ribston Hall - Corner of the Saloon - HLS06997
Slide 5 - The sumptuous character of the decorations and general appointments of the Saloon are again seen in this slide, which shows one corner of the room.
The rich and elaborate colouring to the ceiling, cornice and frieze, are especially fine,…
The rich and elaborate colouring to the ceiling, cornice and frieze, are especially fine,…
Ribston Hall - The Pineturn - HLS06005
Slide 13 - The late Mr Dent took great pride in planting of the park and grounds, and thus adding to their attractiveness. The 'Pineturn' which he caused to be planted, is remarkable for the rare and uncommon varieties of fir trees which it contains,…
Ratten Clough in Cliviger Pass - HLS05905
Slide 4 - Down the Cliviger Pass flows the infant Calder. The actual source is rather difficult to locate with certainty, but the stream which flows down a steep and precipitous glen called Ratten Clough may be said to be, if not its source, one of…
Portraits in the Dining Room, Newburgh Priory - HLS05886
Slide 16 - The room is also notable for its fine panelling, its magnificently-carved door framing and several notable pictures. Chief of these are three oil painings hung at the east end of the room. The centre one is a portrait of Sir George…
Portrait of sir George Wombwell, Newburgh Priory - HLS05876
Slide 6 - In the same name and family through a succession of Viscounts, these estates continued till1825, when Lady Anne, second daughter and eventual heiress of Henry, last Earl of Fauconberg, married Sir George Wombwell, second Baronet and thus…
Portrait of Sir George and Lady Julia Wombwell, Newburgh Priory - HLS05887
Slide 17 - In the same room ia a presentation picture of Sir George and Lady Julia Wombwell, given by the Tenantry of the estate on the occasion of their 'Golden Wedding' in 1911.
Old Haugh End, Sowerby - HLS05813
Slide 1 - Haugh End is rendered famous as the birthplace of Archbishop Tillotson. The room in which tradition says John Tillotson was born is on the ground floor, and is beautifully paneled in black oak. Over the fireplace is a representation in…