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• New Kirkheaton Homes With Panoramic Views (& great local history!)

Work is now well underway on the five new build homes being built by Eastwood Homes in School Lane, Kirkheaton, with timber frames now complete and masonry started.

Built on a private drive, the 3 / 4 bedroom homes are all detached, 3 storey properties sitting in an elevated position with breathtaking panoramic views of the surrounding area.

To add an interesting twist to this site it comes with an intriguing local history concerning Sir Richard Beaumont (1574-1631), or Black Dick of the North - as he was also known!

‘Black Dick’ was said to have variously been a highway man, a gambler, a bad debtor and was supposedly killed in a duel.

What is known to be fact about Richard Beaumont is that he was the son of Edward Beaumont and Elizabeth Ramsden and was first cousin to Elizabeth I. He was knighted by James I in 1609 and, in 1615, was a Justice of the Peace for the County of York. He was in command of a Kirkheaton troop of soldiers and was treasurer of a fund for disabled soldiers of the West Riding. 

In 1625 he was a Member of Parliament for Pontefract and in 1628, was made Baronet of Whitley by Charles I. His estates included Sandal Castle near Wakefield. He founded Kirkheaton Grammar School in 1610, with Reverend Stock and when he died in 1631, he was interred in the Beaumont Chapel in Kirkheaton Church (just around the corner from School Lane) where his wonderfully elaborate tomb can still be seen.

There is also a pub named after him - The Beaumont Arms - which is conveniently within walking distance!

For more information on these fantastic new homes, available from £299,995, click here.

Historical Source: Andy Hemingway