Description

KEIGHLEY BRADFORD ROAD
SE 04 SE (south side, off)
5/15 Riddlesden

23.2.55 Shop approx 2 metres to
north-east of East
Riddlesden Hall (formerly
listed as 'farm building
directly north-east
of Hall)

GV II

Outbuilding now National Trust shop. Dated 1642. Coursed dressed stone, stone
slate roof. 2 storeys, 5 lst-floor windows. Chamfered plinth. 4 chamfered
doorways with decorative heads, one initialled and dated. 2-light double-chamfered
mullion windows above. Row of 11 gutter spouts. Embattled parapet with masks of
Charles I and his Queen and motto 'Vive le Roy'. Raised verges with ashlar coping
and finials. External stack with corniced, diamond-set flue to left gable. Rear:
door and 3-light windows to ground floor, some altered; 2-light windows above.
Flight of steps on left lead to lst-floor door in right gable. Right gable also
has a 4-light window. Interior: fireplace at left end with moulded jambs and
decorated lintel; traces of decorative plasterwork. The building may originally
have functioned as a range of additional lodgings (guest accommodation) (cf Royal
Commission on Historical Monuments, Rural Houses of the Lancashire Pennines 1560-
1760 (1985) , p55).

Listing NGR: SE0791542079

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26572306

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Recommended Books

• 
  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
• 
  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
• 
  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)