Storthes Hall
Storthes Hall is part of the civil parish of Kirkburton in West Yorkshire, England. A heavily wooded area, it comprises a single road, Storthes Hall Lane, which links Kirkburton to Farnley Tyas and Thurstonland. The most significant properties are Storthes Hall Mansion (now a private property), Storthes Hall Hospital (located further west with the main administrative block surviving as a derelict building) and Storthes Hall Park Student Village which has been built on the old hospital site.
History[edit]
The Mansion[edit]
Storthes Hall Mansion was built for the mill owning Horsfall family in about 1788; it passed to the Bill family after Dorothy, daughter of William Horsfall, married Robert Bill of Farley Hall in Staffordshire. The house was inherited by their son, Charles Horsfall Bill.[1][2] It is close to Kirkburton and was renamed The Mansion Hospital when it became an independently managed facility for people with learning disabilities.[3] After the Mansion Hospital closed in 1991, the building, which is Grade II listed, was returned to private residential use.[2]
Storthes Hall Hospital[edit]
An area to the west of The Mansion, closer to Farnley Tyas, was developed as Storthes Hall Hospital in the early 20th century.[4] After the hospital closed in 1992, part of its site was used as a training facility for Huddersfield Town A.F.C.[5] before their move to their state of the art Canalside facility off Leeds Road in 2011.[6]
Storthes Hall Park Student Village[edit]
Much of the area previously occupied by the Storthes Hall Hospital was developed a Storthes Hall Park Student Village, a student campus for the University of Huddersfield in the mid 1990s.[7] The village accommodates the largest single concentration of students from the university with more than 1,300 students staying every year.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, vol. I, Bernard Burke, Harrison, 1879, p. 128
- ^ a b Historic England. "Storthes Hall Mansion (1313310)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ^ "Local History". BBC. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ^ "Storthes Hall". County Asylums. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ^ "Storthes Hall - memories of Huddersfield's psychiatric hospital". Huddersfield Examiner. 31 January 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ^ "Huddersfield Town planning £15m-plus revamp of training ground". Yorkshire Post. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ "Storthes Hall Park". Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ^ "Storthes Hall, Huddersfield". Private Halls. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
Further reading[edit]
- Spencer, Douglas (1985). Some Historical Records on the Mansion Hospital and Storthes Hall Hospital, Kirkburton, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.