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Title: Clay House, Greetland - HLS01251
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Title
Clay House, Greetland - HLS01251
Description
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913. There is uncertainty as to the date of this picturesque hall
There is uncertainty as to the date of this picturesque hall – now divided into two residences. Ancient deeds show that the family of Clay lived there between 1313 and 1687 and one of them, Robert, was the 18th vicar of Halifax (1623-8). For some 300 years it remained an old timbered structure, but in the 17th century John Clay (who died in 1654) appears to have rebuilt the homestead or to have encased the ancient timbered structure with stone, which he referred to as ‘the New House at Clay House’. John Wheelwright, founder of Rishworth Grammar School, became owner in 1713 and on his death Clay House became a part of the Wheelwright trust. It is pleasing to know that the trustees have preserved the building as one of the grand old houses of this historic district. PH/28.
There is uncertainty as to the date of this picturesque hall – now divided into two residences. Ancient deeds show that the family of Clay lived there between 1313 and 1687 and one of them, Robert, was the 18th vicar of Halifax (1623-8). For some 300 years it remained an old timbered structure, but in the 17th century John Clay (who died in 1654) appears to have rebuilt the homestead or to have encased the ancient timbered structure with stone, which he referred to as ‘the New House at Clay House’. John Wheelwright, founder of Rishworth Grammar School, became owner in 1713 and on his death Clay House became a part of the Wheelwright trust. It is pleasing to know that the trustees have preserved the building as one of the grand old houses of this historic district. PH/28.
Creator
Arthur Comfort
Date
1910s
Rights
PHDA - Hebden Bridge Local History Society
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
HLS01251.tif
Collection
Citation
Arthur Comfort, “Clay House, Greetland - HLS01251,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 25, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/6541.
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