Howley Hall

Howley Hall is a ruined Elizabethan country house located between the towns of Batley and Morley in West Yorkshire, England.

He employed a local architect, Abraham Ackroyd, to design the hall, which was built in an Elizabethan style reminiscent of the work of Robert Smythson.

Thomas Fairfax used it as a base of operations for the Parliamentary capture of Wakefield in May 1643, which prompted Royalist forces under the Earl of Newcastle to launch a retaliatory attack on Bradford.

To ensure the Parliamentary garrison couldn't attack his rear, Newcastle marched on Howley Hall, and after a short siege, Sir John of Lupset surrendered.

[1] Although it is commonly believed locally that the hall was destroyed during the 1643 siege,[2] it actually sustained little damage, and was returned to the Savile family when Lord Sussex defected to the Parliamentarians.