Cragg Hall Gatehouse, Cragg Vale, Hebden Royd, Mytholmroyd

This 1906 gatehouse provided a grand entrance to Cragg Hall (architect unknown; burnt down in 1921). Although quite late in date, it harks back to Wood’s Arts and Crafts style, suggesting that he may have designed this without the Modernist influence of J H Sellers. The building includes many of Wood’s favourite features, such as sloping buttresses, mullioned windows, canted bays, and Art Nouveau door furniture (the hinges of the door under the arch are identical to those on the door of his Birkby house Crendon). An early photograph shows that the archway was original in the form of a Gothic arch.

Reference           Edgar Wood Heritage Group (Yorkshire)