Baildon House

Baildon House

Address	Station Rd.
Postcode	BD17 6HS
Built	1724
Built by	Robert Holden
Style	Vernacular
Grade II list No.	1199362
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The Building

Baildon House on Station Road can difficult to see behind its high stone wall. It was built in 1724 by Robert Holden. Through the Holdens the house has links to the Potted Meat Stick.

On 30 March 1852 James-Theodore Bent, explorer, was born, the only child of James Bent of Baildon, by Margaret Eleanor, eldest daughter and co-heiress of James Lambert of Baildon. He was brought up in Baildon House.

Listed Building description. Grade II

Historic England List entry number - 1199362

Cottage and house, now single residence. Cottage initialled and dated “ R H M ” 1 7 1 5 (Holden family); House initialled and dated “ RH ” 1724

Hammer-dressed stone, stone slate roofs, 2 storeys. A long range with cottage to left. This has two 1stfloor windows. Doorway with tie-stone jambs with 2-light flat-faced mullioned window above; tripartite sashed windows with same above; doorway (blocked) with date stone over and semicircular-arched window (blocked). Coped gable with kneelers and weathervane to left. Large stack to right gable. Linking passage to house, breaking forward, has 3-light window to each floor. House: 3-room plan with four 1st floor windows. Quoins. Outer bays have mid-C20 canted bay windows with 4-light window above. 2nd bay has altered doorway with date stone over in decorative plaque with single-light window above. 3rd bay has 5-light window to each floor. 1st-floor windows have recessed flat-faced mullions with an inner chamfer. Moulded eaves cornice, coped gables with stacks. One other stack to ridge. Rear of house has arched stairwindow with impost blocks and keystone and 2-light double-chamfered mullioned window. Left-hand return of house has porch, carried on cast-iron columns, to wide doorway with monolithic jambs and lintel. 2-light window above with single-light 16-paned sashed window to attic.

Interior: most rooms have richly moulded cornices. Stairhall has closed string staircase with wreathed and ramped handrail, slender turned balusters, 2 to each riser, pair of cast-iron columns the capitals enriched with acanthus decoration. Semicircular-arched doorway with impost, architrave and keystone.

1881 Census

Dwelling: Baildon House

Census Place: Baildon, York, England

Source: FHL Film 1342036. PRO Ref RG11 Piece 4339 Folio 79 Page 10

Name	Status	Age	Gender	Birthplace	Relationship	Occupation
John ROUSE	Married	33	Male	Bradford, York, England	Head	Worsted Manufacturer Employing 1000 Hands
Mary J. ROUSE	Married	26	Female	Epsom, Surrey, England	Wife
Lois M. ROUSE		5	Female	Baildon, York, England	Daughter	Scholar
Caroline N. ROUSE		4	Female	Whitby, York, England	Daughter
L. Alice M. ROUSE		3	Female	Baildon, York, England	Daughter
Margaret ROUSE		1	Female	Baildon, York, England	Daughter
Sarah E. BRIDGIT	Unmarried	30	Female	Bristol, Gloucester, England	Visitor
Catherine ANDERSON	Unmarried	24	Female	Scotland	Serv	Waiting Maid (Dom)
Jane E. LISTER	Unmarried	25	Female	Bramham Moor, York, England	Serv	Cook (Dom)
Annie MILLER	Unmarried	18	Female	Bradford, York, England	Serv	Housemaid (Dom)
E. Kate HARYOTT	Unmarried	25	Female	Cowfold, Sussex, England	Serv	Head Nurse (Dom)
Bella B. HARRISON	Unmarried	18	Female	Scarborough, York, England	Serv	Under Nurse (Dom)

1901 Census

The Rookery

Smith Feather, Justice of the Peace for West Riding & City of Bradford, 63, born Bingley. Foreign Wool Merchant & Camelhair & Topmaker. Employer.

Mary J Feather. Wife, 56. Born Dufton, Westmorland.

1947 Electoral Role

Baildon House

• William J Roach SJ
• Agnes E Roach
• Anne Culleton
• Catherine Mackey

Baildon Lodge

• Thomas Briggs
• Eileen Briggs
• Laura Healey

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