Photograph - Mono (Document ID: 102011)
Exterior and interior views of Coley Hall, Coley, near Lightcliffe, West Yorkshire.
Author: John Y. Stapleton
Date: 1950
Location: Lightcliffe
Format: Photograph - Mono
Document ID: 102011
Library ID: 18, 19
p1: Exterior of Coley Hall. The earliest recorded mention of property at Coley is in 1277. The site was a Priory in mediaeval times, and part of the present structure was built in 1572. Extensive alterations were made in 1681, and again in the 18th century. The rear of the house preserves a typical Stuart appearance. In the 1960s the house was restored.
p2: Interior showing four-poster bed.
These photographs were amongst those published between June 1949 and July 1950 in 'Notable Houses of West Yorkshire', a
weekly series of articles in 'The Yorkshire Observer'. The photographs were taken by the author, John Y. Stapleton, during the above period.
The building is a Grade II* listed building. The following description is from Calderdale Council's Listed Buildings information:
House late C17 refronted 2nd quarter C18. Hammer-dressed stone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys. 9-bay symmetrical facade with rolled plinth; band and coved cornice with ashlar blocking course, hipped roof. Chamfered rusticated quoins to ground floor surmounted by panelled pilaster strips. The windows all sashed with glazing bars have architraves with small keystones and moulded lintels, to ground floor above aprons of dressed stone. Doorway has shouldered architrave and simple pediment formed by the band raking over it. Modern glazed door. Right hand return wall has string and 3 bays of cross windows with double chamfered surrounds, possibly contemporary with facades. All other bays beyond this are altered (mid C20) forming at present 2-storey porch with re-used doorway from the demolished Langley House, Hipperholme dated 1692, with double chamfered mullioned window over. The rear now appears to be single aisled but was double gabled and contains mullioned and transomed windows of 14 lights. Rear to courtyard is tall stair window of 12 lights and 3 transoms, and fixed light windows of C18 proportions in double chamfered surrounds to rear of front range. 3 stacks, one to each range. Now attached is 2-storey building, possibly former kitchen which has double chamfered mullioned window of 6 lights to each bay with hoodmould with finely modelled stop. Small round headed light to centre of each floor. Rear has straight joint to middle and C18 fabric with 2 bays of 5-light flat faced mullioned windows. Coped gable to one end with stack, and stack to other gable is extruded with offsets. Interior: Has fine joinery to central room of south facade, with opposed pedimented doorcases and another with round head and moulded imposts: this leads to staircase of fine workmanship columnar newels, ramped handrail and tread ends treated as imposts. D. Nortcliffe, Buildings of Brighouse (Brighouse 1978) p.6 N. Pevsner., Yorkshire West Riding (London 1967) p.165. G. Hepworth, Brighouse, Its Scenery and Antiquities, (Halifax 1885)' p.14.
