Listed Building record MDR5215 - Woodthorpe Hall, Fanshaw Gate Lane, Holmesfield

Woodthorpe Hall, Fanshaw Gate Lane, Holmesfield, a 17th century building, possibly with re-used earlier cruck frames. 'Woodthorpe Hall, at SK 31487876, is a sizeable L-shaped 17th century manor house, much renovated, with materials said to come from Fanshawgate Hall. Of the two porches, one incorporates the original main doorway, the other, at the rear, was brought from Owlerton Hall (near Sheffield) in 1933. The gateposts came from Derwent Hall in 1954. It has a stone slate roof with 1, 2 and 3 light mullioned windows.' (1) From the National Heritage List for England: 'PARISH OF HOLMESFIELD FANSHAWE GATE LANE SK 37 NW 5/152 25.10.51 Woodthorpe Hall GV II House. C17 with later additions. Coursed coal measures sandstone with quoins, coped gables with moulded kneelers, ashlar ridge and gable stacks, and a stone slated roof. L-plan house. East elevation. Two storey and attics, five bays, with central doorway, flanked to the south by a single light C17 opening, and to the north by a 3-light recessed and chamfer mullioned window. To the north end, a former doorway with quoined surround and a massive lintel, now blocked to form a 2-light window. 3-light chamfer mullioned window to south end, all windows beneath a continuous dripmould which steps up over blocked doorway. First floor with two 3-light and three single light windows, all C17, beneath a continuous dripmould. Two gabled dormers to attic, with copings and kneelers, and with 3-light mullioned windows beneath plain dripmoulds. South elevation of five bays with gable to east and with single, 2-light and 3-light mullioned windows beneath continuous dripmoulds. Two gabled attic dormers, each with 3-light mullioned windows. Off centre single storey gabled porch, with Tudor-arched lintel. The ground floor windows have been increased in depth. To the north elevation has been added the two storey porch of Owlerton Hall, Sheffield, with a rusticated ashlar surround, with massive projecting keyblock above cambered doorway head, all below a plain dripmould. Above the doorway a 3-light chamfer mullioned window with a plain dripmould, above which is a plaque bearing a coal of arms. Interior. Two good C17 hearths and exposed ceiling timbers survive in the ground floor rooms, and the attic rooms contain exposed cruck trusses which are either raised or upper crucks, apparently re-used from an earlier structure. Listing NGR: SK3148978755.' (2)