East Riddlesden Hall, 17th-century manor house in Keighley, England.
East Riddlesden Hall is a 17th-century stone manor house in Keighley, West Yorkshire, known for its Yorkshire-style rose windows set into the stone facade. The grounds include a medieval tithe barn and overlook the River Aire.
The house was built in 1642 by James Murgatroyd, a wealthy cloth merchant, and a second wing was added shortly after. It passed to the National Trust in the 20th century, which opened it to the public.
The rooms are furnished as they would have looked when wealthy families lived there, giving a sense of everyday life in a 17th-century Yorkshire home. The tithe barn is one of the few surviving medieval barns in the north of England and is still used for events today.
The property is managed by the National Trust, so a membership or entry ticket is needed to visit. It is worth checking opening times in advance, as the house is open seasonally and not every day of the year.
Inside the house there is a small fireplace set above the main one, a detail that shows what the building looked like before the upper floors were added. This hidden feature reveals that the house was constructed in stages over time, and its original form was quite different from what visitors see today.
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