Description

SE03NE BINGLEY WILSDEN ROAD
SE086378 (west side, off)
Harden

5/203 Harden Hall
9.8.66

GV II*

Large house, now in 2 occupations. Early-mid C17 with additions dated
1691 and alteration to the main house early C18. Hammer-dressed stone,
stone slate roofs, 2 storeys. Hall-and-crosswing plan: of 3 cells with
addition to rear of 3rd cell under 2-span roof, added kitchen at right
angles to rear of 2nd cell. All are double-chamfered mullioned windows,
except to ground floor of 1st cell which is a gabled wing with 2 sash
windows with plain-stone surrounds; 5-light window above, coped gable
with lantern finial to apex. 2nd cell, hall, has 6-light window and
former 3-light fire-window altered to doorway with two 4-light windows
above. 3rd cell has former doorway, now 2-light window, to left of
4-light and 2-light window with same above. Coped gable to right with
lantern finial. Large central ridge stack. Rear has kitchen wing with
bullseye with weathered dateplaque above to 1st floor; coped gable with
stack. Rear of wing has 4-light window to each floor and tall corner
stack. Left-hand return wall (wing) has tall external stack with offsets
with to either side projecting rainwater spouts. Right-hand return wall
has dates tone inscribed

" 1691
EFIF "
Other mullioned windows, coped gables and 3 stacks to this range.

Interior: hall has large spine beams and joists with ogee stops and
bressumer with panelled board-and-muntin heck screen; Cl7 staircase
with finely-turned oak balusters and newels with oak panelling below.
Wing: front room has large raised-and-fielded panelling with dado rail
and casement-moulded plaster cornice and spine-bean; rear room has corner
fireplace and large spine-beam supported on wooden corbel to oak-post,
perhaps the only indicator of an earlier timber-framed house; upper
chamber has king-post truss with 12 ¨V" struts, braced to ridge. 3rd
cell has large arched fireplace.

A fine house preserving much of its original fenestration and several
interior fittings, which with its garden wall, gate-piers and 2 large
barns (q q.v.) perhaps preserves an unaltered C17 appearance better
than any other in the parish.

Listing NGR: SE0866337846

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17534888

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Recommended Books

• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)