Site of the medieval manor house of the De Penistones. The house is in a low lying position and it may have been moated originally. The earliest documented reference to the site is in around 1300 when a grant was made by 'John ad Aquam of Penistone' (at the water) (Hey 2002, 26). The buildings now on the site are largely 17th century. There are parts of the building which may have earlier timber framing within their structure (Ryder 1983) but no certain evidence for that so legibility of the earlier elite residence is fragmentary. In the 18th century the Wordsworths became lords of the manor of Penistone and settled at Water Hall. The current building is now named after the Wordsworth's.