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Woodsome Hall

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Built in the Elizabethan era as a hall house, Woodsome evolved in stages in the possession of several generations of the local Kaye family. The main hall range is built in two storeys with gabled forward projecting wings and a two storey gabled porch. At the rear of each end are L-shaped extensions
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The Woodsome estate belonged in the 13th century to the de Nottons, after which it passed to the Tyas family, who lived there until 1370. It was then granted to Sir William Finchenden, who was responsible for the finch motifs which adorn the building, before coming into the possession of the Kaye
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who died with no male heir in 1726, the baronetcy thereby becoming extinct. His only daughter Elizabeth married George Legge, Viscount Lewisham, the heir of the 1st
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The last members of the Legge family to live at Woodsome were Frances, Georgiana and Elizabeth Legge, daughters of the
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Sir John Kaye was created a baronet in 1642 and the Hall passed down to
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Historic connection, monuments of Kaye family in Almondbury Church
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family, who occupied the property from 1378 to 1726.
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Index


Country House
Farnley Tyas
Huddersfield
Coordinates
53°37′33″N 1°43′44″W / 53.6259°N 1.7289°W / 53.6259; -1.7289
Grade I listed
Almondbury
Grade I listed building
Sir Arthur Kaye, 3rd Baronet
Earl of Dartmouth
William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth
5th Earl of Dartmouth
Grade I listed buildings in West Yorkshire
Listed buildings in Kirkburton
Historic England
"Woodsome Hall (1184158)"
National Heritage List for England
"Woodsome Hall, Woodsome Hall Lane, Farnley Tyas"
Golf Club website
Categories
Country houses in West Yorkshire
Grade I listed buildings in West Yorkshire
Kirkburton

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