East Riddlesden Hall
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East Riddlesden Hall is a 17th-century
History
The hall was built in 1642 by a wealthy
East Riddlesden Hall perches on a small plateau overlooking a bend in the
The property was extended and re-built by James Murgatroyd and his wife Hannah, using local Yorkshire stone, in 1648. He also built other stone manor houses throughout the West Riding of Yorkshire. In the great hall, a small fireplace can be seen above the main fireplace, where the floor for the first floor accommodation was not built. James Murgatroyd was a Royalist and this can be seen in royalist symbols and graffiti on and in the building. For example, the Bothy (now the tea room and shop) has the heads of Charles I of England and Henrietta Maria of France carved in the topmost stone work.
According to a
Filming location
East Riddlesden Hall has been used as a filming location for the 1992 film Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights[3] and for the 2009 TV adaptation.[4] It was also used in Sharpe's Justice episode from the Sharpe TV series in 1997.[5] The BBC Television series 'Gunpowder' (2017) used East Riddlesden Hall as a location.[6]
See also
References
- ^ Historic England. "East Riddlesden Hall (Grade I) (1283478)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ National Operatic and Dramatic Association, "Ruddigore: Close Up and Personal with Gilbert's Ghosts", NODA National News, vol. 65, no. 3, Autumn 2007, pp. 24 and 25
- ^ "Filming locations for Wuthering Heights (1992)". The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 16 January 2008.
- ^ "Filming locations for Wuthering Heights (2009)". The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "Filming locations for Sharpe's Justice (1997) (TV)". The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 16 January 2008.
- Creative England. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
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