Shibden Hall, Shibden, Halifax, Calderdale, UK (b/w photo)

Photographer: George Bernard Wood An exterior view of Shibden Hall, seen from the south with the gardens in the foreground The house was built for William Oates c1420 and was altered in the 16th and mid 19th century. The original sections are timber-framed and the 16th century work included the addition of stone casings. It has a hall with two storey cross wings, and a tower in the south-west corner added by Anne Lister c1836. The house came into the hands of the Lister family in the early 17th century and in 1826 came under the management of Anne Lister. She inherited the hall in 1836 after the death of her uncle and aunt and resided there until her death in 1840. Her partner Ann Walker had lived there with Lister since 1834 and inherited the house after Lister's death in September 1840. The house is now a museum.