Oakwood Hall, Bingley, West Yorkshire is a 19th century mansion with substantial interior fittings by the Victorian architect William Burges. The hall was constructed in 1864 by Knowles and Wilcox of Bradford for Thomas Garnett, a prosperous textile merchant. The style is "conventionally dour Gothic"[1]
Garnett had the interiors designed by Burges, who contributed a fireplace, and by William Morris and Co, for whom Edward Burne-Jones created the stained glass St.George in the staircase window,[2] whilst Morris himself has been credited with the surrounding images of The Four Seasons.
The Hall is a Grade II Listed Building as at 6 November 1973[3] and is now a hotel.
Notes [edit]
- ^ The Buildings of England: Yorkshire: West Riding, page 616
- ^ William Burges and the High Victorian Dream, page 301
- ^ British Listed Buildings online: http://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-337957-oakwood-hall-bingley
References [edit]
- Pevsner, Nikolaus and Radcliffe, Enid, The Buildings of England: Yorkshire, West Riding (1967) Penguin Books
- Mordaunt-Crook, J William Burges and the High Victorian Dream (1981) John Murray
Coordinates: 53°51′35″N 1°49′56″W / 53.8597°N 1.8323°W
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