Hallfield House

A dwelling on the Hallfield site was first mentioned in documents as early as 1318 when it was recorded that a piece of land called Hallfelde in Thornsett was conveyed between Adam de Romesker and Adam Hawksworth. For many years the house was just a small farmhouse belonging to the Greaves family, who were an eminent dynasty throughout South Yorkshire. The Greaves probably became owners of Hallfield in 1439 when John Greves junior took possession and they held the property for several generations. At that time the house had 40 acre of land of which 20 acre were meadow and 20 acre were pasture, there were also common rights on the surrounding moorland. By the mid part of the 17th century the…

Hallfield House is constructed from deeply coursed, squared gritstone with a stone slate roof. The building has four bays and consists of three storeys with an attic. Most of the windows in the main house are mullioned. One of the highlights of the interior is a 17th-century plaster overdoor in one of the downstairs rooms which is decorated with lilies and roses, the room also has a frieze adorned with fish, fruit and mermaids playing harps under an ornamental cornice.