METHLEY HALL

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Great house built in the early 15th century, with a large open hall, screens passage and vaulted porch. The house was extensively altered by the Savile family in the late 16th/early 17th century, then extended in the 1770s and remodelled by Salvin between 1830-6. An inventory of 1657 refers to a hall, great and little dining rooms, private chambers, a chapel, service rooms and servants quarters. The house was demolished in 1963.

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[SE 37642656 METHLEY HALL [GT] (1)

Methley Hall dates from the 15th century, with 16th 17th. and 19th century additions. (2)

Building in process of demolition. (3)

Methley Hall has been demolished. (4)

Great house built in the early 15th century, with a large open hall, screens passage and vaulted porch. The house was extensively altered by the Savile family in the late 16th/early 17th century, then extended in the 1770s and remodelled by Salvin between 1830-6. An inventory of 1657 refers to a hall, great and little dining rooms, private chambers, a chapel, service rooms and servants quarters. The house was demolished in 1963. (5, 6)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1956.

( 2) General reference

Bldgs W.R.Yorks, 1959 365, (Pevsner).

( 3) General reference

LS 25" (J. Hudson, 25.2.59)

( 4) Field Investigators Comments

F1 RL 30-OCT-63

(5) Anthony Emery 1996 Greater medieval houses of England and Wales 1300-1500, volume 1 : northern England

Page(s)404

(6) Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England 1986 Rural houses of West Yorkshire, 1400-1830

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, England : supplementary series1 - 10 (1980-1985) 8 Page(s)205

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