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

• Farnley Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5436035

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)