Starbeck Hall

The building, in 2009

Starbeck Hall is a historic building in Starbeck, a suburb of Harrogate, a town in North Yorkshire, in England.

The building was constructed between 1810 and 1811 as the town's workhouse. It replaced a smaller building at Land Green Farm, near Pannal. In 1854, a new Poor Law Union was established, based in Knaresborough, and in 1858 a new workhouse was opened there. The old building was converted into the Beech Grove Academy boarding school, and then later into apartments, named Starbeck Hall.[1][2] The building was grade II listed in 1975.[3]

The building is constructed of stone, with an eaves cornice, and a tile roof with a coped shaped gable containing a round-headed arch surmounted by an urn, and kneelers with finials. It has three storeys and seven bays, the middle three bays projecting. In the centre is a porch set in an earlier porch, with a cornice on bracketed consoles, and the windows are recessed sashes.[3][4]

See also

• Listed buildings in Harrogate (Starbeck Ward)

References

1. "DESIGNATION OF STARBECK SPA AS A CONSERVATION AREA AND ADOPTION OF STARBECK SPA CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL" (PDF). Harrogate Borough Council. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
2. "Knaresborough, Yorkshire". The Workhouse. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
3. Historic England. "Starbeck Hall (1189828)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
4. Leach, Peter; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009), Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-12665-5

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