Houndhill

Houndhill is a substantial Grade II* listed Tudor Farmhouse (part timber-framed) in Worsbrough, near Barnsley, in South Yorkshire, England.

The present house, which dates from the late 16th century with 17th-century additions, was originally built by Robert Elmhirst.

His son Richard Elmhirst, who sided with the Royalists, constructed the fortifications in 1642 at the beginning of the English Civil War.

During this period Richard was employed by Sir Thomas Wentworth who made him Deputy Collector of Recusant Rents in York.

Siding with King Charles I, Richard fortified Houndhill (probably in 1642) by constructing two towers and an incomplete surrounding wall.

Richard's son Philip (1781–1866) was a Midshipman on HMS Africa (1781) at the Battle of Trafalgar for which he was granted 2000 acres of land near Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.