Description

MIRFIELD BALDERSTONE HALL LANE
SE 22 SW FORMER URBAN DISTRICT (Mirfield)

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Balderstone Hall
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G.V. II

Large detached house. Probably early to mid C18 but said to have
been built by Dr John Balderstone in 1690. Ashlar, with rendered
left side. Stone slate roof with gable copings on long cut kneelers.
Central rendered stack. 2 storeys. String course over ground
floor. 5-bay gabled front, with cross windows to 1st floor and
single C19 sashes to ground floor, in original surrounds but with
mullion and transom removed. All double chamfered. Central
doorway with moulded architrave and ornamental lintel. Central
round arched attic window, probably C19, as perhaps is gable. Two
cross windows to 1st floor of left side and small single light, all
double chamfered. Two storey C19 addition to right.

After 1738 the hall was occupied by the Shepley family.

H. N. Pobjoy, A History of Mirfield, 1968.

Listing NGR: SE2110621089

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26600116

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)