Field House, Sowerby

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Field House
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Field House, Sowerby
Field House, Sowerby
General information
TypePrivate Residence
Architectural stylePalladian
Town or city Sowerby Bridge
CountryEngland
Coordinates 53°42′01″N1°56′19″W / 53.7002°N 1.9385°W / 53.7002; -1.9385
Designations
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameField House, Sowerby
Designated15 November 1966
Reference no. 1313736
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameField House Old Hall, Sowerby
Designated15 November 1966
Reference no. 1134527

Field House is a Grade II* listed privately owned historic house in Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire, England. [1] [2]

Contents

History

Field House (Old Hall) is mentioned as being in the possession of William Brig in 1533 and it passed to other owners during the 17th century but by the 1740s was owned by George Stansfeld (1725–1805) of Sowerby, a descendant of the Stansfeld family of Stansfield, Yorkshire. He built a new house (Field House) in 1749, and this estate later passed to his cousin Robert Stansfeld (1771–1855), then his son, Col. Robert Stansfeld (1805–85), to his second son, John Stansfeld (1840–1928) who married Eliza Arkley of Dunninald Castle, and then passed to a cousin, George Reginald Stansfeld (1870–1964). [3]

Architecture

Field House Old Hall

This Grade II listed house, dating from the early 17th century and with 19th century alterations, is now 2 dwellings. It has hollow-moulded double-chamfered mullion windows and a heavily-moulded Tudor-arched doorway amongst other features. [4]

Field House

This Grade II* listed house is in a Palladian style, with some 19th century additions and incorporating earlier elements (a 16th century Perpendicular style transomed 5-light pointed-arch window, and 2 columns supporting a cupola-style bellcote with tripled columns and finials) from St Peter's Church, Sowerby when it was rebuilt in 1762. [5]

Other listed aspects of the site include:

The Grade II listed Stables, which probably dates from the mid-18th century with mid-19th century additions and a reused seventeenth century 6-light double-chamfered mullion window. [6] [7]

The Grade II listed Workshop and Barn Range (incorporating 4 cottages) which probably dates from the mid 18th century but with late 16th and early 17th century features (such as reused hollow-moulded double-chamfered mullion windows) and 19th century alterations. [8] [9]

The Grade II listed Orangery (dating from 1749 but in character probably c.1874). [10] [11] Also, a 19th century Fountain, [12] [13] some pairs of mid-18th century Gate Piers, [14] [15] mid-19th century Gate Piers, [16] [17] and late 19th century Gate Piers (dated 1749 rebuilt 1874). [18] [19]

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