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Ledston Hall
Hob Uid: 54337
Location : Leeds Ledston
Grid Ref : SE4346028880
Summary : Country house constructed on the chapel of a grange of Pontefract Abbey. This was built circa 1200 and extended circa 1500. After the Dissolution, the grange was incorporated into a courtyard house, circa 1560. The house was enlarged in the 1630s with the addition of the south wing, and in the 1660s when the main range was extended northwards and the North wing added. Alterations were also carried out in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The building is a U-plan around a forecourt which faces east. Now partly subdivided into flats.
More information : [SE 4355 2893] LEDSTON HALL [GT] (1) A large mansion of mid 17th cent. appearance,but containing medieval work including the early 13th cent. undercroft of the chapel of a grange of Pontefract priory. (2) The Hall is in disrepair,and only partially occupied.See GP. AO 63/219/7 for NE aspect. (3) Condition unchanged. (4) Entirely built of stone.The oldest part is the 13th Cent chapel on vaulted undercroft,built when Ledston was a grange to the priory of St John of Pomfret. (For full description see List). (5)

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Source details : OS 6" 1956
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Source details : F2 BHP 03-JAN-75
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Source details : Tadcaster Rural District, May 1960
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Source details : West Yorkshire
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Source details : Leeds (Sep 1987)
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Grange established c1200
Monument End Date : 1210
Monument Start Date : 1190
Monument Type : Cluniac Grange
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Enlarged c1500
Monument End Date : 1510
Monument Start Date : 1490
Monument Type : Cluniac Grange
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Altered circa 1560
Monument End Date : 1570
Monument Start Date : 1550
Monument Type : Courtyard House
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Enlarged circa 1630
Monument End Date : 1640
Monument Start Date : 1620
Monument Type : Country House
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Enlarged circa 1660
Monument End Date : 1669
Monument Start Date : 1660
Monument Type : Country House
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : C18th alterations
Monument End Date : 1800
Monument Start Date : 1701
Monument Type : Country House
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : C19 alterations
Monument End Date : 1900
Monument Start Date : 1801
Monument Type : Country House
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Late 20th Century
Display Date : By 1998
Monument End Date : 1998
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Monument Type : Apartment, House
Evidence : Extant Building

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External Cross Reference Source : NBR Index Number
External Cross Reference Number : 31165
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External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 428817
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SE 42 NW 7
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Relationship type : General association

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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1963-10-29
End Date : 1963-10-29

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1975-01-03
End Date : 1975-01-03

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Ledston Hall