Field House, Sowerby
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Field House, Sowerby
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 2 Oct 2008
In Calderdale there are many good 17C houses and big mill-owner's houses of the 19C, but a large Georgian house like this is somewhat of a rarity. A house has existed here since beforte 1240, and an ancient hall was rebuilt by the Stansfield family in 1630 (Old Field Hall). A Palladian-style house was built alongside for George Stansfield in 1749. The Stansfield coat of arms and the motto "Know thyself " can be seen on the pediment. See http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~calderdalecompanion/f.html (scroll down to Field House, Sowerby).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.699821
Longitude
-1.939377