Description

LEEDS

SE2432 HALL LANE, Farnley
714-1/39/681 (South side (off))
19/10/51 Farnley Hall

GV II

Country house. 1586, 1806, altered C19 and C20. By Edward
Armitage. Ashlar, coursed squared gritstone, low-pitched slate
hipped roof, cornice and blocking course. L-plan with main
wing facing south and rear wing with fragment of C16 house.
S front: 2 storeys, 7 windows, centre projects slightly with
pediment, and central portico with entablature on 4 Tuscan
columns, 3-light window above with pilasters and cornice.
Moulded sill course and band. Sashes without glazing bars.
Right return: 2-storey bowed end bay with 3 windows, the
outside blind.
Rear wing, E facade: 12 windows, plate-glass sashes, plain
stone surrounds. To left of centre a doorway and flanking
windows in rusticated surround with cornice.
INTERIOR: of main range not inspected; interior rear wing has
archway with decayed stone panel showing the coat of arms of
Sir Thomas Danby, with inscription: 'Buildid the year of our
Lord 1586 and in the reign of the Queen (? Eliz) bi S Thomas
Danby Kn.'

Listing NGR: SE2471632399

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Farnley Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5436035

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)