Shibden Hall
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 Shibden Hall in 2010 | |
  Location within West Yorkshire | |
| Established | 1420 |
|---|---|
| Location | Lister’s Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England HX3 6XG |
| Coordinates | 53°43′41.7″N 1°50′24″W / 53.728250°N 1.84000°W |
| Type | Historic house museum. |
| Website | Shibden Hall |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Shibden Hall |
| Designated | 27 June 2000 |
| Reference no. | 1001470 |
Shibden Hall is a Grade II* listed[1] historic house located in a public park at Shibden, West Yorkshire, England. The building has been extensively modified from its original design by generations of residents, although its Tudor half-timbered frontage remains its most recognisable feature.
History
The hall dates back to around 1420, when it was recorded as being inhabited by one William Otes.[2] Prior to 1619, the estate was owned by the Savile and Waterhouse families. The three families' armorial symbols are recorded in a stone-mullioned 20-light window at the hall.[3]
For three hundred years (c. 1615-1926) the Shibden estate was in the hands of the Lister family, wealthy mill-owners and cloth merchants, the most famous resident being Anne Lister (1791–1840), who became sole owner of the hall after the death of her aunt. She commissioned York architect John Harper and landscape gardener Samuel Gray in 1830 to make extensive improvements to the house and grounds. A gothic tower was added to the building for use as a library and the major features of the park created, including terraced gardens, rock gardens, cascades and a boating lake.[4] A "Paisley shawl" garden designed for the terrace by Joshua Major was added in the 1850s. On Anne Lister's death in the Caucasus the estate passed to her lover, Ann Walker, who died after being forced into an asylum. Possession then returned to the Lister family, who donated it to Halifax Corporation[5] in 1933, who in the next year opened it as a museum.[6] The estate became a public park in 1926 and the hall a museum in 1934. The park and gardens were restored between 2007 and 2008 with almost £3.9 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund and £1.2 million from Calderdale Council.[7]
The hall is currently open to the public, the 'West Yorkshire Folk Museum' being housed in an adjoining barn and farm buildings. The hall has a variety of restored workshops, including a brewery, a basket-weaving shop, a tannery, a stable and an extensive collection of horse-drawn carriages. The park also contains a dry stone walling exhibition, children's play area and miniature steam railway.[8][9]
References
- ^ Historic England. "Shibden Hall (Grade II) (1001470)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ Shibden Hall, Halifax at BBC History Magazine
- ^ Shibden Hall: Introduction at Calderdale Council
- ^ Shibden Park: Shibden's historic landscape Archived 28 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine at Calderdale Council
- ^ "Shibden Hall, Halifax".
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "Shibden Hall, Halifax". Retrieved 17 March 2018.
- ^ Shibden Park: The restoration project Archived 25 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine at Calderdale Council
- ^ "Shibden Miniature Railway | Britain's Great Little Railways". www.bglr.org. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ "Shibden Park". www.calderdale.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
Bibliography
- Hanson, T. W., 1934, A Short History of Shibden Hall County Borough of Halifax/William Patterson Printers. 32 pp.
External links
- The Restoration and Enhancement of Shibden Park at Landscape Institute Yorkshire & Humber Branch
