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Garden House at Kildwick Hall - HLS05919
Slide 4 - At the east end of the grounds, adjoining the wall that borders the roadway, is a picturesque garden-house. The fashion for building such houses overlooking a road or canal, came from Holland and they were nicknamed 'Gazebo', this being a…
Justice Room'on the Terrace, Kildwick Hall - HLS05918
Slide 3 - The pavilion at the east end of the Terrace (though a billiard table shows the use to which it is now put) is still known as the 'Justice Room', the owner at that time being an active magistrate. In those days justice was often dispensed at…
Kildwick Hall from the Terrace - HLS05917
Slide 2 - After the Dissolution of the monasteries at the time of Henry V111, the Kildwick estates and Manor passed into the hands of the Currer family who built the Hall about 1673 and lived there for several generations. It now (1916) belongs to…
Kildwick Hall from the Road - HLS05916
Slide 1 - Kildwick Hall is one of our well preserved 'Ancient Homes' and stands on the sunny slope of a hill. Immediately below the house is Kildwick church or 'Lang Church in Craven', as it is commonly called.
The outlook from the front embraces…
The outlook from the front embraces…
Howsham Hall, Mantelpiece in Bedroom - HLS05912
Slide 6: In another bedroom inside the Hall is a fine white marble matelpiece, beautifully carved and of pleasing design. Note the two candle holders on top of the mantelpiece, carved out of the solid marble.
Howsham Hall, Bedstead - HLS05911
Slide 5 - In one of the Bedrooms is a fine four post bedstead carved and draped in the orthodox fashion of bygone days. It is called the 'Duke of York's bed', but for what reason, and on what special occasion it was so named, I am unable to say.
Howsham Hall, model ship on the landing - HLS05910
Slide 4 - The house is rich in portraits of the Cholmleys and the Yorkshire families with which they have intermarried.
Amongst other curious relics inside the house is a large model of a warship of the time of Charles the First, fully rigged and…
Amongst other curious relics inside the house is a large model of a warship of the time of Charles the First, fully rigged and…
Howsham Hall, the Porch - HLS05909
Slide 3a: The porch gives dignity to the front with its round headed doorway, its shields of arms and its coupled fluted columns of Ionic and Corinthian orders. The rooms are flooded with sunlight and the outlook to the woodland surroundings is…
Howsham Hall, near view - HLS05908
Slide 3 - Howsham Hall, built in the 'spacious days' of Queen Elizabeth shows the type of building then in vogue, in which men evidently loved the daylight, for its whole front is a wonder of mullioned windows in their leaded panes.
It is a great…
It is a great…
Howsham Hall from the lawn - HLS05907
Slide 2 - Sir William Bamburgh was the builder, about 1612, of Howsham Hall, taking the materials for the edifice, it has been said, from the ruins of Kirkham Priory which had fallen into his hands. For this act of sacriledge, these Bamburghs…
Howsham Hall, with Elm Tree - HLS05906
Slide 1 - Howsham Hall is a fine specimen of Elizabethan Architecture. It is snugly ensconced above the brink of one of England's most beautiful rivers, and in one of the most charming portions of the Derwent Valley, sufficiently elevated to enjoy…
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…
Heath Old Hall, Chimney Piece in Long Gallery - HLS05901
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…
Heath Old Hall, Inner Hall and Staircase - HLS05900
Slide 5: The central hall as shown on slide, was formerly open to the sky to give light to the gallery on the first floor.
This well was afterwards roofed in, covered with glass by the Right honourable John Smythe, the owner of the Mansion. A…
This well was afterwards roofed in, covered with glass by the Right honourable John Smythe, the owner of the Mansion. A…
Heath Old Hall, Stairway to Terrace - HLS05899
Slide 4: This shows the nearer view of the stairway leading to the terrace, just alluded to. It is noteworthy that a house that has passed through so many hands should have remained so little spoiled externally in its main features as this house has…
Heath Old Hall, from the South - HLS05898
Slide 3: The exterior is better described in picture than it can be in words. The elevated position of the house adds to its distinction, as well as its picturesqueness, as may be seen in the curious terraces and stairway on the south frontage, the…
Heath Old Hall, from the South East - HLS05897
Slide 2: Witham's son dying without issue, the property came to his sister Mary, better known as the munificent Lady Bolles. She was a wealthy ladyand was created a baroness in her own right. Lady Bolles dies at the Old Hall in May 1662 but was…
Heath Old Hall, East Front - HLS05896
Slide 1: Heath Old Hall, the residence of Mr Gilbert Tennent, deservres to be accounted among the finest Yorkshire houses of the Elizabethan period. Its situation is striking, perched on a wooded cliff, overlooking the Calder Valley.
It appears to…
It appears to…
Hazlewood Castle , Porch to Chapel - HLS05895
Slide 8 - There is a South porch which is old, and over the entrance a statue of Saint Leonard.
One of the chief historic attractions of Hazlewood Castle and one that will sanctify it for the whole of its existence is the fact that from its towers…
One of the chief historic attractions of Hazlewood Castle and one that will sanctify it for the whole of its existence is the fact that from its towers…
Hazlewood Castle, Courtyard and Chapel - HLS05894
Slide 7 - Close to the Castle and nestling under its shadow is the ancient chapel of Saint Leonard.
The present fabric which has replaced a previous structure, was commenced during the reign of Edward the first. The King granted a charter for the…
The present fabric which has replaced a previous structure, was commenced during the reign of Edward the first. The King granted a charter for the…
Hazlewood Castle, Entrance Hall - HLS05893
Slide 6 - The entrance Hall or saloon which we now enter, measures about fifty feet by thirty and is a magnificent apartment. It is a typical example of the classic style of architecture which prevailed in the 18th century.
Above the cornice…
Above the cornice…
Hazlewood Castle, South West - HLS05892
Slide 5 - Hazlewood Castle is not a show place, it is perhaps too antique to be placed in rivalry with modern palaces in point of splendour, but to the sober tastes it need not fear in point of grandeur and dignity. The front of the mansion consists…
Hazlewood Castle - HLS05889
Slide 2 - These Vavasours were a knightly race going to battles often at Flodden, Newbury, Marston and others. It was Sir Walter Vavasour who at the end of the 18th century last renovated the old ancestral seat, changing it externally into a curious…
Hazlewood Castle - HLS05888
Slide 1 - Hazlewood, the old baronial residence of the Vavasours, lies three miles west of Tadcaster in a well wooded park. Domesday Book is the first record of the existence of Hazlewood. It was then a thickly wooded manor, whose sylvan character is…
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.