Building Name

“Millfield Hill” North Street Great Driffield

Date
1865
Street
North Street
District/Town
Great Driffield
County/Country
Yorkshire, England
Work
New Build
Listed
Grade II

Millfield House was built for Henry Angar, a wealthy local shopkeeper and was later remodelled for Harrison Holt, a Hull industrialist, local magistrate and chairman of the local Conservative Club as "Highfield" Notice of the birth of a daughter at Highfield on 1 June in the Driffield Times of 6 June 1885 indicates that the sale of the property had occurred before this date. William Angas still listed in the Directory of 1879. For a time, the house was a Country Club but has reverted to a private residence. Half-timbered Tudor style standing on high ground to the north of the town.

Reference    Manchester Guardian Thursday 11 March 1875 Page 7 Column 4(Land & Buildings)
Reference    Manchester Guardian 18 March 1875 page 7
Reference    Pevsner:  Yorkshire: East Riding and York