Bolling Hall, Bradford

Bolling Hall is one of the oldest buildings in Bradford, England. It is currently used as a museum.The building is a about a mile from the centre of Bradford. Its surroundings are suburban in character.

Before the industrial revolution Bradford was a small town and difficult to defend as it lay in a basin. However, Bolling Hall occupies a commanding position on a hillside. The earliest part of this building has been interpreted as a pele tower, although Bradford is somewhat outside the typical geographical area for these defensive structures.

During the English Civil War the house was a Royalist base. There is a legend that a ghost appeared in a bedroom where the Earl of Newcastle was staying to tell him to "Pity poor Bradford". There is usually material on display relating to the Battle of Adwalton Moor.In the eighteenth century the house was modernised by the architect John Carr.

The Bolling chapel at Bradford parish church, now Bradford Cathedral, was restored by the Tempest family in the seventeenth century but has not survived the recent rebuilding of the Chancel [1].

External links

* http://www.bradfordmuseums.org/boh/boh_main.htm