Austhorpe Hall

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Austhorpe Hall
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Austhorpe Hall in 2007
Austhorpe Hall
General information
TypeHouse
ClassificationGrade II*
Town or cityAusthorpe
CountryUnited Kingdom
Opened1694
Technical details
MaterialRed brick

Austhorpe Hall is a house built in 1694 at Austhorpe, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is a grade II* listed building. [1]

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The house is of red brick with contrasting stone quoins, seven bays and three storeys, with a triangular pediment over the Baroque doorway. Pevsner describes it as "A remarkably early case of acceptance of the classical idiom". [2] Linstrum notes that it was built in 'an unusually sophisticated design'. [3]

History

The house was built for John More (1655–1702). A coal mine on the estate was equipped in 1740 by John Calley, with an early Newcomen steam engine, only the fourth to be built. Calley, Newcomen's business partner, died at Austhorpe during maintenance work on the engine. [4]

The house was occupied by the Pallisers from 1762 to 1769, by John Atkinson in 1722 and by Joseph Fields in 1826 (to at least 1837). The Appleyard family lived in Austhorpe Hall for over 90 years, and moved out in 1936 to a new build in Austhorpe. It was in the possession of Chapman family from 1939 to c.2012. It was then sold for £500,000. [5] In 2004 local archaeologists excavated in its grounds and found apparent remains of a prehistoric round barrow and indications of Roman defences on the site. [6]

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References

  1. Historic England. "Austhorpe Hall (1256314)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  2. Pevsner, Nikolaus (1967). The Buildings of England: Yorkshire, The West Riding (2nd ed.). Penguin. p. 340. ISBN   0-14-071017-5.
  3. Linstrum, Derek (1969). Historic Architecture of Leeds. Oriel Press. p. 14.
  4. "Newcomen Engine at Austhorpe, site of". Engineering Timelines Social Network. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  5. "Property Sale Details". The York Press. 21 March 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  6. Edwards, Richard (16 April 2005). "Pre-history lesson". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 24 September 2009.

Coordinates: 53°48′08″N1°26′24″W / 53.80216°N 1.43995°W / 53.80216; -1.43995