Stones House stands off Stead Lane.
Owners and tenants have included
John William Whiteley was declared bankrupt and Stones House was seized by the bank in 1903.
They demolished the mock Gothic Wing which contained a Billiard Room, leaving the exposed brick barn wall.
They sold it to
He sold the property to
In June 1932, the property was up for auction the Golden Lion, Ripponden:
Stones House & Farm Withdrawn at £1,350.Residence in the occupation of Dr John M. Wrangham. Hall, dining room, drawing room, consulting room & surgery, kitchen, five bedrooms, bathroom, two attics and cellars; Conservatory, greenhouse, kitchen and ornamental gardens
Mark Andrew wrote [2012]
We put the main parts back into one house and sublet the cottage end. We were refused a stone cleaning grant by Ripponden UDC which made local headlines as I was then the Director of the Yorkshire Clean Up Campaign, but we did stone clean the house and got rid of a lot of dry rot.Sold in 1989 to Mr & Mrs Roland Haigh [Mr Haigh was responsible as far as I know for the development of the Stones Estate, which was not very popular with the locals].
Sold to Mrs & Mrs Ayling [we were friends until they moved away and they put the whole house back into one residence].
Sold to the Vice Chancellor of Leeds Met University.
It has been on the market but not sure if it has sold
This & associated entries use material contributed by Mark Andrew & Anne Kirker
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