Photograph - Mono (Document ID: 102014)
Exterior and interior views of Elland Old Hall, Elland, West Yorkshire.
Author: John Y. Stapleton
Date: 1950
Location: Elland
Format: Photograph - Mono
Document ID: 102014
Library ID: 25, 26
p1: Exterior of Elland Old Hall. By the 1940s/50s only a portion of the original 13th century home remained, and was then in use as a farmhouse.
p2: Interior showing a fireplace, with inscription dated 1718 uncovered during renovation.
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.
Built in the 13th century as a wooden cruck structure for Leising de Eland and his family, and later cased in stone, Elland Old Hall passed on to the Savile family in the 1350s after the Elland Feud. The house was situated at the Exley side of Elland Bridge, but was demolished in 1976 to make way for the Elland bypass. The stone and timber frames were apparently stored for a possible future replica of the Old Hall.
