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Birley Old Hall

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225:. In 1959 the council leased the building to the steel manufacturers Daniel Doncaster and Sons as offices, and the hall was extensively restored. The hall and Birley Edge lost much of its rural isolation in the 1960s when the Fox Hill council housing estate was constructed on land to the immediate south. The hall returned to use as a private dwelling in the early 1980s and once more was totally restored during its conversion back to residential use. The interior of the house has features such as large fireplaces dating from the 1600s, along with exposed original stonework in one of the lounges and larger bedrooms. 234: 146: 31: 153: 205:
frame with an exterior of squared stone. Part of the cruck frame can be seen on the Edge Lane side of the original wing. In 1705, J. Carr added a new and more impressive south-facing wing at right angles to the original. The 1705 extension has been described as having "restrained elegance" and
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The hall is constructed from locally quarried squared stone and is L-shaped; the 1705 building has a coped datestone above the main door with the inscriptions "JC 1705" and "DD 1959". The roofs are
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in the garden, called the Falconry. The hall underwent some alterations and additions during the late 18th and mid-19th centuries, including a two-storey addition to the original wing.
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windows. The Falconry, an early-18th-century garden pavilion, is built of squared dressed stone with
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The hall was constructed in two phases. The easterly-facing wing was constructed in the
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Ecclesfield
Sheffield
53°25′50″N 1°30′16″W / 53.430472°N 1.50455°W / 53.430472; -1.50455
Listed Building
1254591
Birley Old Hall is located in Sheffield
English country house
Sheffield
listed building
Historic England
Late Middle Ages
cruck
gazebo
youth hostel
Sheffield City Council
World War II

gabled
hipped
mullioned
sash
casement
ashlar
ISBN
0 9519148 3 9
Historic England
"Birley Old Hall (Grade II) (1254591)"
National Heritage List for England
"The Falconry at Birley Old Hall (Grade II) (1344977)"

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