Description

SJ 53 NE
5/1
29.9.51

IGHTFIELD C.P.
Ightfield Hall
(Formerly listed as Ightfield Manor)

GV
II

Farmhouse. Probably late C17 altered and extended in the early C19
and further altered and refenestrated in the late C19. Red brick with
plain tile roof. T-plan. 2 storeys and attic. Beaded wooden fascia,
parapeted gable ends with sandstone copings and shaped stone kneelers,
and integral brick end stacks (rebuilt above roof in the late C19).
3 hipped eaves dormers with 2-light wooden casements. 3 bays; late
C19 glazing bar sashes (upper leaf with small panes and lower leaf with
large panes) with stone cills and slightly segmental heads. Central
C19 four-panelled door (lower panels beaded flush and upper panels glazed)
with rectangular overlight and late C19 timber framed gabled porch on
chamfered brick plinth. Rear wing with external brick lateral stack,
central brick stack off ridge to south-west, and parapeted gable end
with chamfered grey sandstone coping and shaped stone kneelers. Reset
strapwork datestone to south-east inscribed: "1672". Interior not
inspected but owner (October 1986) reports oak staircase with large
turned balusters. The rear wing has been extended, probably in the
early C19 (see straight joint). The house stands within a moated site,
still partly filled with water at time of survey. It forms part of
a complete farmstead group including a timber framed barn (q.v.) and
stable (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SJ5997739380

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26307651

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Recommended Books

• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
• 
  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
• 
  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)