Austhorpe Hall

Austhorpe Hall is a house built in 1694 at Austhorpe, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is a grade II* listed building. The house is of red brick with stone quoins, seven bays and three storeys, with a triangular pediment over the door. Pevsner describes it as "A remarkably early case of acceptance of the classical idiom".[1]

In 2004 local archaeologists excavated in its grounds and found apparent remains of a prehistoric round barrow and indications of Roman defences on the site.[2]

References

  1. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1967). The Buildings of England: Yorkshire, The West Riding (2nd ed.). Penguin. pp. 340. ISBN 0140710175. 
  2. ^ Edwards, Richard (16 April 2005). "Pre-history lesson". Yorkshire Evening Post. http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Prehistory-lesson.1001430.jp. Retrieved 2009-09-24. 

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