Elland New Hall

Unlike the halls of the yeomen, gentry halls were constructed without side aisles. New Hall, built in the late 15th century by a junior member of the powerful Savile family, still retains its timber-framed north front which has wings similar to those at Shibden Hall. The south front of the open-hall was rebuilt about 1640 in fine ashlar stone with a large and spectacular mullioned and double-transomed window of 27 lights. Running across the front is an embattled parapet crowned by finials. Above the columned entrance of the two-storey porch is a flamboyant rose window, known locally as an ‘apple and pear’, in which six mouchettes surround a central circle. Inside, the hall has a gallery and above the fireplace a large Royal Arms in plasterwork dated 1670. During the middle of the 17th century the house was occupied by Dr Henry Power who practised medicine over a wide region and was one of the first elected members of the royal Society. New Hall is regarded as one of the most important vernacular buildings of West Yorkshire. CALDERDALE: ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORY – ISBN 1-85331-007-7