Elslack Hall is a historic building in Elslack, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. Today it has been subdivided into a farm house and cottage.
The building may be the successor of a manor house which Godfrey de Altaripa was granted a licence to crenellate in 1318. Remains of a moat are visible around the site, and there are a couple of lancet windows which may have been part of the Mediaeval building.[1] The oldest parts of the current house probably date from the 16th century. It was altered in the 18th century, and then suffered a fire in the late 19th century. As a result of the damage, the left rear wing was demolished, and the building was refronted. The house was grade II* listed in 1954.[2] It forms part of the Elslack Estate, which was put up for sale in 2016, with an asking price of £10 million.[3]
The house is built of stone, with quoins and a stone slate roof, one gable with a crocketed finial. There are two storeys, two bays, and a cross-wing on the right. On the front is a two-storey porch and a round-headed doorway with impost blocks and voussoirs. The windows have double-chamferd mullions, and on the gabled end are two six-light windows, each light arched, with hood moulds. Attached to the cross-wing is a garden wall containing two rectangular bee boles with shelves.[2][4]
In front of the house is a great barn, which was constructed in 1672. It is built of stone with quoins and a stone slate roof. It is rectangular, long and narrow. The openings include a doorway with a chamfered surround, a doorway with a Tudor arch, two cart entries with chamfered surrounds and elliptical heads, and vents. Over one cart entry is a dated and initialled stone. It was grade II listed in 1954.[5][4]
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edit- ^ Historic England. "Elslack Hall (46267)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ a b Historic England. "Elslack Hall Cottage with garden wall adjoining to north Elslack Hall Farmhouse (Grade II*) (1166963)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ Tate, Lesley (29 May 2016). "£10 million price tag for Elslack Estate". Craven Herald. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ a b Leach, Peter; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009). Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-12665-5.
- ^ Historic England. "Great Barn at Elslack Hall Farm (Grade II) (1316783)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 August 2024.