Top Lodge Wortley Yorkshire
This Grade II listed building was built as a lodge at one of the entrances to Wortley Hall.
Wortley Hall is a stately home in the small South Yorkshire village of Wortley, located south west of Barnsley.
The Hall stands in 26 acres of formal grounds and woodland surrounded by 242 hectares of park land. The hall was the formal home of the Wortley family for hundreds of years.
It is believed that the original manor house of the Wortley family was situated on Wharncliffe Chase.
The present Hall was built in the 18th century and was the seat of the Wharncliffe family until the Second World War. During the war the hall was used by the army, but after 1945 its structural condition deteriorated.
In 1950, a group of local trade unionists identified the hall as a possible educational and holiday centre, and established a co-operative which succeeded in purchasing the hall for those purposes. It was opened in 1951.
Top Lodge Wortley Yorkshire
This Grade II listed building was built as a lodge at one of the entrances to Wortley Hall.
Wortley Hall is a stately home in the small South Yorkshire village of Wortley, located south west of Barnsley.
The Hall stands in 26 acres of formal grounds and woodland surrounded by 242 hectares of park land. The hall was the formal home of the Wortley family for hundreds of years.
It is believed that the original manor house of the Wortley family was situated on Wharncliffe Chase.
The present Hall was built in the 18th century and was the seat of the Wharncliffe family until the Second World War. During the war the hall was used by the army, but after 1945 its structural condition deteriorated.
In 1950, a group of local trade unionists identified the hall as a possible educational and holiday centre, and established a co-operative which succeeded in purchasing the hall for those purposes. It was opened in 1951.