Sutton Hall was built in the 1890s by John William Hartley, the reclusive bachelor owner of Greenroyd Mills.

At the time of his death in 1909, he was said to own “practically all the houses in Sutton, and also the larger part of the farms on the hillside near the village”.

But his home, “one of the most palatial residences in Craven”, was never completely furnished, and had a comparatively short life.

When it came up for auction in 1933, it was bought by Keighley builder and contractor Ernest Turner, who paid £3,000 for house and grounds. He gave six-and-a-half acres of woodland to Sutton Parish Council, but developed the rest of the estate into what he called “a kind of garden city – the first and the finest in this neighbourhood”.

A plan to divide Sutton Hall itself into flats “to suit prospective tenants” fell through, the “magnificent residence” being demolished and houses built in its grounds. Only its surviving lodges and entrance archway suggest the style of the vanished mansion.