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Title: Wood Lane Hall, Sowerby, Halifax - RAC00125
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Title
Wood Lane Hall, Sowerby, Halifax - RAC00125
Description
Wood Lane Hall is a Grade 1 listed building and was built in 1649 by John Dearden a yeoman clothier. The original timber framed house was encased in stone and enlarged, with the addition of a two storey porch which had an "apple and pear" window identical to the window at New Hall Elland. Above the sundial is the date 1651, the outside of the house also has numerous gargoyles on the gutter spouts, spindly finial's on the battlements and carvings around the windows. There were also a few cottages facing the Hall, where the front lawn is now.
In 1949 the house was purchased by the Sugden family, three sisters and a brother, who owned a brass foundry in Halifax. After purchasing the property they began the slow process of bringing the building back into its previous state, opening up the main hall, seeking and replacing the paneling the balustrade / minstrel gallery and most of the other original features, installing a full size billiard table what was the dining room.
For further information see: www.sowerbytown.org.uk/history
Unmounted print in Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive, PH RCC-19.
In 1949 the house was purchased by the Sugden family, three sisters and a brother, who owned a brass foundry in Halifax. After purchasing the property they began the slow process of bringing the building back into its previous state, opening up the main hall, seeking and replacing the paneling the balustrade / minstrel gallery and most of the other original features, installing a full size billiard table what was the dining room.
For further information see: www.sowerbytown.org.uk/history
Unmounted print in Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive, PH RCC-19.
Creator
Ralph C Cross
Rights
PHDA - Ralph Cross Collection
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
RAC00125.jpg
Collection
Citation
Ralph C Cross, “Wood Lane Hall, Sowerby, Halifax - RAC00125,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 18, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/36463.
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