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HEATH OLD HALL

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Country house at Heath Village constructed by 1595. It comprised two storeys and a symmetrical front with central porch and flanking turret bays in a Palladian villa style. Alterations were carried out in the 18th century. Ashlar front with hammerdressed stone to rear and Welsh slate and lead roof. It was demolished in the 1960s.

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[SE 3516 2012] Heath Old Hall [G.T.] (1)

Old Hall, Heath was begun before 1584 and completed before 1595. (2)

The Hall is now roofless and in ruins. See G.P. AO63/220/6 for SE
aspect. (3)

SE 351 201 Heath Old Hall, Warmfield with Heath.
Large country house; of stone, two storeys and basement, built in late 16th century around small rectangular light well; symmetrical front with central porch and flanking turret bays; 18th century alterations including rococo plasterwork in the gothic style. (5)

Heath Old Hall, a late 16th century house, now derelict and unroofed. (6)

Reported as being largely demolished in 1961. (7)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1956

( 2) by Nikolaus Pevsner ; revised by Enid Radcliffe 1967 Yorkshire : the West Riding

The Buildings of England Page(s)258

( 3) Field Investigators Comments

F1 RWE 13-NOV-63

( 5) Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, (England) 1963 Monuments threatened or destroyed: a select list: 1956-1962

Page(s)70-71

( 6) Royal Archaeological Institute The Archaeological Journal

125, 1968 Page(s)321

( 7) Mark Girouard 1983 Robert Smythson and the Elizabethan country house

Page(s)12-122

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