Tranby House

Tranby House

Tranby House was built in 1806 for John Barkworth and his wife, Elizabeth, and their family. It was built on land bought from John Carlill which had been part of Tranby Field before the enclosure Act of 1796. The house is of two main stories (with attics above) and five bays, with the three central bays projecting slightly forward under a pediment; there is also a Doric porch. It is a Grade 2 Listed Building.

Tranby House from the south west.

The main block of the house had a drawing room, a library, a morning room a dining room, kitchen, servants’ hall, butler’s pantry, boxroom, cloak room and other smaller rooms on the ground floor with a basement underneath. On the first floor were seven bedrooms, three dressing rooms and a water closet. Above that were the servants’ quarters which were divided into two parts. Most of this still remains though it is much transformed internally.

To the rear of the house were a brew house, a wash house and a stable block, incorporating a coach house. Above this were drying and ironing rooms with four other storerooms. There was a separate garage block. All of this has gone.

Tranby House/Hessle High School, 2015

Much of the woodwork and furniture was of mahogany including the doors and the staircase, which featured marble treads. The interior of the house has been substantially altered since it became a school and all of the outbuildings have gone. Only the former drawing room on the ground floor remains largely intact. The dining room, where the walls were once adorned with paintings, is now offices, as is the former library.

To the rear of the house were a brew house, a wash house and a stable block, incorporating a coach house. Above this were drying and ironing rooms with four other storerooms. There was a separate garage block. All of this has gone. Only the main block of the house remains.