Whernside Manor

Heritage listing

Details DENT SD78NW DENTDALE 162-1/11/155 (South side) 14/06/84 Whernside Manor GV II Formerly known as: West House DENTDALE. House, now outdoor pursuits hostel. Probably mid to late C18; altered. Thin coursed sandstone rubble with freestone dressings, shallow hipped slate roof. T-plan formed by a square main range facing west with a long service wing to the rear. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys over a basement (and now with a recently-inserted attic), 3 windows, symmetrical; with raised regular quoins, 1st-floor sillband and corbel table; a round-headed doorway in the centre, with a plain surround and fanlight with radiating glazing bars, up a flight of 4 steps with nosings and protected by light wrought-iron railings; 2 tall windows at ground floor and 3 slightly shorter ones above, all these windows furnished with unusual bi-partite sashes with narrow leaves of 4 square panes either side of a central wooden mullion; and small round-headed basement windows. The roof now has a pair of low flat-roofed dormers flanked by skylights, and a low but very wide multi-flue chimney stack at the apex (lacking pots). The 2-window left return has a 16-pane sash and a blind window at ground floor, and a cross-window with glazing bars and a 16-pane sash above. Lower rear wing in similar style. INTERIOR not inspected. HISTORICAL NOTE: built by the Sill family of Rigg End and Deepdale Head, whose wealth is believed to have been derived in part from slave plantations in Jamaica (commemorated by 2 wall monuments in Church of St Andrew, Main Street, qv). Listing NGR: SD7247485851 Legacy The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System number: 484384 Legacy System: LBS

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.