Mansfield House is a historic building in Harrogate, a town in North Yorkshire, in England.
The building was constructed in 1788, as the first purpose-built theatre in the town. Performances had previously been conducted in a nearby barn, behind the Granby Hotel. The theatre closed in 1830, and the its interior was entirely altered, to serve as lodgings.[1][2] It was later converted into three houses: Mansfield House in the central section, flanked by Mansfield Cottage and Mews Cottage. The entire building was grade II listed in 1975.[3]
The building is constructed of gritstone, and has a stone slate roof with coped gables. There are two storeys and seven bays, the middle three bays projecting under a pediment containing a blind lunette window. In the centre is a Tuscan doorcase with a semi-elliptical head and a radial fanlight, and to the right is a doorway with a plain surround and a fanlight. The windows are recessed sashes.[3][4]
- ^ "Georgian Theatre". Theatres Trust. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ Chrystal, Paul; Crossley, Simon (2011). Harrogate Through Time. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445628554.
- ^ a b "Mansfield Cottage Mansfield House Mews Cottage". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ Leach, Peter; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009), Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-12665-5