Scheduled MonumentsEnglandHowley Hall; a 16th century country house and gardens

Howley Hall; a 16th century country house and gardens

England
List entry 1016323
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016323
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
4.89 hectares
Grid reference
SE 25504 25206
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Howley Hall is a sixteenth-century country house located in Yorkshire, England, representing an important example of domestic architecture from the Tudor period. The house and its associated gardens constitute a significant heritage monument, with the site recorded in the National Heritage List for England under entry 1016323. The building reflects the architectural conventions and social aspirations of its era, demonstrating the domestic building practices characteristic of prosperous Yorkshire gentry during the early modern period. The survival of both the hall structure and its garden layout provides valuable evidence for understanding the material culture and land use patterns of sixteenth-century Yorkshire.

Howley Hall; a 16th century country house and gardens is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016323. View the official record →

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What is Howley Hall; a 16th century country house and gardens?

Howley Hall is a sixteenth-century country house located in Yorkshire, England, representing an important example of domestic architecture from the Tudor period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016323.

Who is responsible for protecting Howley Hall; a 16th century country house and gardens?

Howley Hall; a 16th century country house and gardens is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1016323.

What other scheduled monuments are near Howley Hall; a 16th century country house and gardens?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stank Hall quasi-manorial site (5 km), Thornhill Hall moat and sites of formal gardens and bowling green, and remnant of pre-seventeenth century open-field system (6.2 km), Middleton Park shaft mounds (6.3 km).

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Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
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The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
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The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Howley Hall; a 16th century country house and gardens

Howley Hall; a 16th century country house and gardens stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.