Description

SD 9324 TODMORDEN (former M.B.) HALL STREET

6/135 Todmorden Hall
5.5.72 (formerly listed as
Todmorden Old Hall)

G.V. II*

House, now restaurant. Early C17 for Saville Radcliffe. Large dressed stone,
stone slate roof. Hall-and-cross-wings plan, the western of which has the
remains of a timber-framed structure of c.1500. 2½ storeys. Main house of 5
linear divisions. All have double chamfered mullioned and transomed windows
with ovolo moulded mullions. 1st division is west wing. 12-light window with
5-light window lacking transoms (formerly 10-light window) to 1st floor.
3-light attic dormer (blocked). Coped gable with lantern finial. 2nd division
is gabled 2-storey porch. Doorway with composite jambs and depressed arched
lintel with double cyma moulded surround. Lintel bears carved coat of arms
inscribed 'S R' for Saville Radcliffe. Over is 6-light window with transoms.
Coped gable with kneelers and finials. The 1st floor above the doorway jetties
out and is deeply moulded to the soffit. 3rd and 4th divisions are hall range
which is set back from the wings. Both have 16-light window with 2 transoms,
with 8-light window to 1st floor and 2-light gabled attic dormers with finials.
At junction of hall with east wing is inserted C20 doorway in keeping. Over is
2-light window to 1st floor formed by a transom. 5th division is east wing
which breaks forward. The return wall facing hall has cross-windows to both
floors. Front was sashed in C19, now replaced by 18-light window with 12-light
window over to match, early C20. 3-light attic dormer. Coped gable with
finials. All windows have hoodmoulds with straight returns. That over porch
window is stepped and continues over ground floor windows of hall and east wing.
Other finials on parapet between gables. Left hand return wall has 2 lateral
stacks. Rear has 2-storey outshut between the wings making the rear range
flush. Double chamfered mullioned windows of several lights some with transoms,
all with chamfered mullions. One tall lateral stack to hall range at arcade-
plate point. Attached to either end are added bays of C19 and mid C20 in
keeping.
Interior: West wing has large fireplace with depressed arch and skewbacks,
close strung stair with turned balusters. Porch leads into former through
passage. 1st floor has remains of a timber-framed wing of 3 bays. King post
trusses, the northern of which has 2 'A' struts. East wing has oak panelled
room to ground floor with elaborate carved overmantel bearing the initials of
Saville Radcliffe and his wife Kathleen Hyde (Illustrated in Calderdale M.B.C.,
Todmorden Trail (1979) p.5). The rear chamber of the east wing retains a fine
plaster frieze decorated with mythical beasts. H. Fishwick, The Survey of the
Manor of Rochdale, Chetham Society, 71, (1913), p.150. Report for R.C.H.M. (E),
(May, 1982). N. Pevsner, Yorkshire West Riding, (London, 1979), p.522.

Listing NGR: SD9354424085

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17542427

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