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Description: Slead Hall

Address: Slead Hall Halifax Road Brighouse West Yorkshire HD6 2QA

Grade: II

Group detail: Halifax Road (off) (east side)

Full description:
Large house in 2 occupations. 1718 for Michael Gibson. Hammer-dressed stone, stone slate roof. Irregular plan of 4 bays to south front central 2 bays formed by open hall and right hand gabled cross-wing. Outer bays formed by added gabled cross-wings which break forward and probably date from the early C18 rebuilding onto an earlier C17 house in the central bays. 2nd bay has tall 8-light chamfered mullioned and transomed hall window with square reveals, and cross-window (probably fire window). Parapet formed by 3 courses of ashlar. 3rd bay is set back and has doorway without jambs with sash windows over and parapet joining on to coped gable with lantern finial. Large sash window of 3 lights to each floor of C19 character. 4th bay breaks forward and has parapet on the return wall to similar gable which has slight cruciform window (C19) with 3-light sash window over. 1st bay has parapets to return walls and is taller than other bays and retains large chamfered mullioned and transomed windows with square reveals of 10 lights to each floor with string course over. Coped gable with lantern finials with rain water head initialled 'MGE' others bear date 1718. Left hand return wall has continuation of string and 2 course parapet. Main entrance of late C19 set centrally with a long portico with open arcades, square columns with large finial cappings, blocking course and flat roof. Doorway has basket arched lintel with deeply sunk spandrels and moulded composite jambs with decorative stop. Over is large 10-light mullioned and transomed window set with stained glass panels collected from the district. Rear of cross-wing has large full height two 5 light window set in 5 rows of 5 lights with transoms. This lights open hall with gallery and fine carved woodwork. 2 stacks to cross wing have sunken blind arcades in their faces. Several other stacks, that to hall range indicating a hearth passage plan. G. Hepworth, Brighouse, its scenery and antiquities (Halifax 1885) p.5. D. Nortcliffe, Buildings of Brighouse (Brighouse 1978) p.27.