West End House

Last updated

The building, in 2022 Askrigg houses (5) (geograph 7314018).jpg
The building, in 2022

West End House is a historic building in Askrigg, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

The house is known to have existed as early as the 14th century, when it was owned by the Scrope family of Bolton Castle. The older parts of the current building probably date from the 15th century. In the 16th century, it passed to the Thornton family. Many current features of the building date from the 17th and 18th centuries. It was Grade II* listed in 1969. [1] In the late 20th and early 21st century, the artist Janet Rawlins lived in the house. [2]

The two-storey house is built of stone rubble, and has a stone slate roof. It has a T-shaped plan, with the front being three bays wide, with a central oak board door. The windows are sashes, with 16 panes, while on the other fronts, there are remains of some mullioned windows. Inside, the doors and window shutters are late 18th century, while in the right-hand ground floor room, there is 17th century panelling and a frieze, which is said to have been relocated from Pendragon Castle. There is a fireplace of similar date, and salt and spice boxes. The left-hand room has a 17th-century frieze, depicting acorns and pomegranates. The main staircase is spiral and built of oak, replacing an earlier stone staircase. There is a beehive oven and large bessemer oven in the rear wing. Upstairs, one internal wall is constructed of plastered reed. [1]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gawsworth Old Hall</span> Historic house museum in Cheshire, England

Gawsworth Old Hall is a Grade I listed country house in the village of Gawsworth, Cheshire, England. It is a timber-framed house in the Cheshire black-and-white style. The present house was built between 1480 and 1600, replacing an earlier Norman house. It was probably built as a courtyard house enclosing a quadrangle, but much of it has been demolished, leaving the house with a U-shaped plan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tabley House</span> Country house in Tabley Inferior, Cheshire, England

Tabley House is an English country house in Tabley Inferior, some 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the west of the town of Knutsford, Cheshire. The house is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade 

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Allerton Castle</span> Listed building in North Yorkshire, England

Allerton Castle, also known as Allerton Park, is a Grade I listed nineteenth-century Gothic or Victorian Gothic house at Allerton Mauleverer in North Yorkshire, England. It was rebuilt by architect George Martin, of Baker Street, London in 1843–53.

Gilling Castle is a Grade I listed country house near Gilling East, North Yorkshire, England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arley Hall</span> Country house in Cheshire, England

Arley Hall is a country house in the village of Arley, Cheshire, England, about 4 miles (6 km) south of Lymm and 5 miles (8 km) north of Northwich. It is home to the owner, Viscount Ashbrook, and his family. The house is a Grade II* listed building, as is its adjacent chapel. Formal gardens to the southwest of the hall are also listed as Grade II* on the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. In the grounds are more listed buildings, a cruck barn being listed as Grade I, and the other buildings as Grade II.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adlington Hall</span> Country house in Cheshire, England

Adlington Hall is a country house near Adlington, Cheshire. The oldest part of the existing building, the Great Hall, was constructed between 1480 and 1505; the east wing was added in 1581. The Legh family has lived in the hall and in previous buildings on the same site since the early 14th century. After the house was occupied by Parliamentary forces during the Civil War, changes were made to the north wing, including encasing the Great Hall in brick, inserting windows, and installing an organ in the Great Hall. In the 18th century the house was inherited by Charles Legh who organised a series of major changes. These included building a new west wing, which incorporated a ballroom, and a south wing with a large portico. It is possible that Charles Legh himself was the architect for these additions. He also played a large part in planning and designing the gardens, woodland and parkland, which included a number of buildings of various types, including a bridge known as the Chinese Bridge that carried a summerhouse.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Woodhey Chapel, Faddiley</span> Church in Cheshire, England

Woodhey Chapel is a Grade I listed private chapel off Woodhey Lane near Faddiley, Cheshire, England. The listing describes the building as 'A handsome and intact example of a chapel from a period when few were built'. The chapel, which is now disused, stands in fields near the site of the demolished Woodhey Hall. Its west end is connected to buildings of the former hall by a causeway which is raised by about 5 feet (2 m).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Middlethorpe Hall</span> Grade II* listed building near York, England

Middlethorpe Hall is a 17th-century English country house standing in 20 acres (8 ha) of grounds in Middlethorpe, York, North Yorkshire. It is a perfectly symmetrical red brick and stone house built in 1699 and since 2008 has been owned by The National Trust. It is currently used as a hotel.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bishop Lloyd's House</span> Historic site in Cheshire, England

Bishop Lloyd's House is at 41 Watergate Street, and 51/53 Watergate Row, Chester, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner considered it to be "perhaps the best" house in Chester.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gamul House</span> Historic site in Cheshire, England

Gamul House is at 52–58 Lower Bridge Street, Chester, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and contains the only medieval stone-built open hall to survive in Chester.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Shelp Cobblestone House</span> Historic house in New York, United States

The John Shelp Cobblestone House, also known as the Shelp–Beamer House, is located on West Shelby Road in West Shelby, New York, United States, just east of the Niagara–Orleans county line. It is an 1830s cobblestone house in the Greek Revival architectural style.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fair House Farmhouse</span>

Fair House Farmhouse is a 17th-century building situated on Annet Lane in the village of Low Bradfield within the boundary of the City of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. The farmhouse is a Grade II* Listed Building while the stable and garage buildings immediately to the west of the main house are Grade II listed.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shotwick Hall</span> Historic site in Cheshire, England

Shotwick Hall is a former manor house in the village of Shotwick, Cheshire, England. It replaced an earlier manor house that stood on a moated site some 150 metres to the west. The hall and four associated structures are listed buildings, and the moated site is a Scheduled Monument.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Poulton Hall</span> Historic site in Merseyside, England

Poulton Hall is a country house in Poulton Road, Poulton, an area to the south of Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside, England. The present hall was built in 1653 and was extended in the following centuries. It is built in pebbledashed brick with stone dressings and slate roof. Its contents include a three-manual pipe organ. In the grounds is a 17th-century former brewhouse that has a clock tower with a 32-bell carillon. The house and the brewhouse are both recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated Grade II listed buildings. Musical concerts are held in the house, and the gardens, which contain 20th-century sculptures, are open to the public twice a year.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ball Farm</span>

Ball Farm is the oldest surviving building in the village of Hankelow, near Audlem in Cheshire, England, and is thought to date from 1510. Most of its original timber frame was replaced by brick in the 19th century, but some close studding and small framing survives, as well as part of a mullioned-and-transomed window. Ball Farm was occupied by the Hassalls, a prominent local family, and might have once been used as a district court of justice. It is listed at grade II* by the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England, the middle of the three grades, denoting "particularly important buildings of more than special interest".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oliver Sheldon House</span> Grade II* listed building in York, England

The Oliver Sheldon House is a Grade II* listed house on Aldwark, in the city centre of York, in England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Skelton Manor</span> Grade II* listed house in York, England

Skelton Manor is a historic house in the village of Skelton, in the rural northern part of the City of York, in England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">43 Stonegate</span>

43 Stonegate is a historic, Grade II* listed building in the city centre of York, in England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">33–37 Micklegate</span> Listed building in York, England

33–37 Micklegate is a historic building in the city centre of York, in England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">High Hall</span>

High Hall is a historic building in Appletreewick, a village in North Yorkshire in England.

References

  1. 1 2 Historic England. "West End House (1131195)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  2. "Discovery of a Victorian diary inspires artist's latest book". Darlington and Stockton Times. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

54°18′54″N2°04′56″W / 54.31505°N 2.08212°W / 54.31505; -2.08212