ALL that survived were the lodges and entrance archway seen here, still complete with ornamental gates made by Sutton blacksmith Wilson Davy.

On the demolition of the hall these were acquired by Keighley metal broker Harry Bairstow, who stored them at his Central Iron Works in Park Street throughout the Second World War.

At that time such items were commandeered to help the war effort, leaving the Skipton Road entrance to Cliffe Castle protected by “rather pathetic-looking wooden gates”. In 1954 Harry Bairstow offered the Sutton Hall gates to Cliffe Castle.

Both Sutton Hall photographs have been supplied by Mr Robin Longbottom, of Providence Lane, Oakworth, who takes up the Cliffe Castle side of the story:

“The two large gates were not wide enough and two wrought iron panels had to be made and fixed, to hang them on. My father told me that these were made by a blacksmith in Coney Lane who had later, and perhaps jokingly, said that it would have been easier to make a new set of gates than spend time trying to get the Sutton Hall ones to fit.”