Hodroyd Hall Explained

Country:England
Static Image:Postcard of Hodroyd Hall, West Yorkshire, c1915.jpg
Static Image Caption:Postcard of Hodroyd Hall
Coordinates:53.6099°N -1.411°W
Official Name:Hodroyd Hall
Metropolitan Borough:City of Wakefield
Metropolitan County:West Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Os Grid Reference:SE3906812752

Hodroyd Hall at South Hiendley in the parish of Felkirk near Barnsley in West Yorkshire, England is an Elizabethan manor house currently used as 3 dwellings. It is Grade II listed.

It is built with sandstone, has stone slate roofs, and originally had a rectangular floor plan. Additions have been made at the rear of the building.The building is two-and-a-half storeys, and the principal facade faces west.

History

The Hoydroyd estate was acquired from Nostell Priory by the Gargrave family in the 16th century, and subsequently in the 17th century by Richard Berrie (by marriage), whose wife Prudence endowed the school at the Church of St Peter, Felkirk.

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