Crematorium built within the private grounds of Ardsley house, an 18th century building that was once home to the Micklethwaite family (The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 cited in http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Darfield/Darfield68.html). Prior to this the landscape is uncertain but may have been enclosed from an open field system. There is partial legibility of the designed gardens.