The Gatehouse website record for Calverley Old Hall

In the civil parish of Pudsey. In the historic county of Yorkshire West Riding (Modern Authority of Leeds, 1974 county of West Yorkshire).

Fortified Manor much altered. Manor house, now a series of separate dwellings, which developed between C15 and C18. The site was probably occupied from the early C12 but the earliest surviving structure was built as a timber framed solar wing in the early C15. The stone-built chapel adjoining this wing pre-dates 1488 and contains a timber framed gallery, designed for the family of the house, and accessed from the solar. The great hall adjoins the solar on the opposite side. It dates from the late C15 (dendro dated 1485-95). In the mid C16, a chamber block was built to the rear of the chapel. The timber framed wing was encased in stone circa 1630 and the north wing added circa 1650. In the early C18 the roof was raised and the open hall floored. The Calverley family moved to Esholt Hall at around this time and the house was later sold and subdivided to form separate dwellings. Cottages were built against the earlier walls in C19. The building is now owned by the Landmark Trust.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SE20803687

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This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 51381
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