| Description | Gledhow Hall is mentioned in, 'Carr of York' published in the Journal of the Royal Institution of British Architecture (Kitson; 1910, pp241 61). The following excerpt is taken from this publication:
'At Gledhow Hall, near Leeds, Carr has placed his principle rooms on the ground floor, as was his practice in nearly all his later houses. There are an unusual number of bay windows.'
James Kitson, a former owner of Gledhow Hall, is the subject of a chapter in the publication 'Victorians at Home' (Lasdun, D. 1981, pp 138 143). The publication provides photographs of the interior or Gledhow Hall circa 1900. The following brief excerpt accompanies a photograph of the drawing room:
'The integral design of the panelled walls and alcove shows a desire to make an architectural unity of the room. This quality is enhanced by the absence of clutter. The ceiling, with its high relief 'Jacobean' pattern, was probably made out of reinforced papier mache.'
Gledhow Hall also appears in the publication 'Rural Houses of West Yorkshire 1400 1830' (Giles, 1986' p211).
'Built c. 1766 by John Carr. Rectangular block with canted bay windows at ends of main front and at centre of garden front. Three bay entrance hall leading to top lit staircase hall. Main floor has four reception room and kitchen'.
This mansion house was built c.1766 by John Carr for John Beckett. It was altered and extended for James Kitson, Lord Airedale c.1885 1890 by the architects Chorley and Connon. The building has since been converted to flats (English Heritage, 1975). It is built of ashlar and has hipped slate and lead roofs, with a tall corniced stack to the ridge between bays 1 and 2, to the left end, and to the rear of the ridge both left and right. The building has a ballustered parapet, cornices and chamfered quoins. It is two storeys high over cellars. The west front has two two storey canted bays, with three windows between, all of which are sashes without glazing bars in moulded architraves. There are central paired glazed doors with an overlight, Gibbs surround and pediment, four stone steps and nosed treads.
(Text edited from English Heritage LBO description).
A copy of the above information, including a copy of the chapter in 'Victorians at Home' and two photocopied pages from the article 'Carr of York' consisting of floor plan and black and white copy of a paining of the hall in 1816, is held on file at the offices of West Yorkshire HER. |