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19th Century – Rishworth Lodge – Ripponden, England

Posted on OHD: 8/3/18. Last OHD Update: 7/25/22.
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The Shooting Lodge, Rishworth Hunting Lodge, Rishworth

Look At This Home are delighted to offer for sale this impressive, stone built, Grade II listed property which sits on generous sized grounds and provides stunning far reaching countryside views. This superb property is in need of full renovation and therefore is only available to cash buyers.

Stacked full of character including a feature stone fireplace and stained glass windows to the staircase an internal viewing is essential to appreciate the potential this property offers. There are three reception rooms, a room for the kitchen and space for a WC to the ground floor. To the first floor is a mezzanine landing area, inner hallway, master bedroom with space for en suite, further bedroom with space for an en suite, bedroom and room for a house bathroom. There is also a spacious attic which could be used for further bedroom again with an en suite.

Externally a driveway has been created to the side allowing parking for several cars and there are gardens to the front and side.

The property is located 3 miles from Junction 22 of the M62 network accessing both Leeds and Manchester and with good local schools surrounding the area. As well as two pubs in Rishworth, the nearby centre of Ripponden benefits from many fine restaurants, bars, health centre, pharmacy, library and shops yet still remains close to superb open countryside. There are supermarkets and a railway station in nearby Sowerby Bridge.
4 Bed · 1 Bath
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OHD Notes
From British Listed Buildings: "Former shooting lodge for Lord Savile now forms restaurant and house, probably 3rd quarter of C19. Punched stone, ashlar dressings, slate roof. 2 storeys and attic gables. In fully developed Domestic Gothic style. South front of 3 bays. 1st two each hive coped gables with elaborate kneelers. 1st bay has doorway with shouldered lintel protected by shallow stone-roofed porch with trefoil on corbelled jambs. The return walls are carved with Savile monogram and coat of arms (the owl). Original door has elaborate wrought iron hinges. 1st floor has 2 cross-windows separated by a colonnette. Gable oversails and forms hoodmould to this window. 3 arched lights to gable. 2nd bay has 2-storey canted bay-window with cross-windows. Quatrefoil to apex. 3rd bay has large pair of cross- windows with elaborate hoodmould over. Left hand return wall has cross-windows to ground floor and 1st floor. Attached to rear is stair-outshut with pointed arched windows with trefoil heads progressively stepped. Many elaborate chimney stacks. Corbel table under eaves.

Interior: Entrance hall has fire-place of medieval style with canopy and corbels resting on engaged colonnettes with water leaf capitals. Elaborate moulded beams carried on carved corbels. Stairhall has window with coloured glass and dog-leg stair. To rear is original kitchen which retains louvered roof."
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