Description

SK 99 SW BLYBOROUGH WILLOUGHTON LANE
(North side)

2/3 Blyborough Hall

25.10.51 II*

Country house. Early C18, mid C19, C20. Thickly rendered red
brick. Slate roofs with stone coped gables with 2 dormer windows
with raking heads and plain sashes in south range and 3 similar
dormers on west front. 4 stacks to rear. L-plan, with plinth
running all round. C18, 6 bay west front with slightly
projecting C19 porch to right with plain fanlight and six panel
door to left and small round headed plain sash to right. 2 plain
sashes to the left with 2 glazing bar sashes beyond. 6 glazing
bar sashes above, all with 8 large panes. South end of south
range with large C19 tripartite rectangular bay window with plain
sash flanked by narrow plain sashes divided by pilasters. Single
plain sash above. East front of south range with 2 plain sashes
to left with long french windows to right. 3 plain sashes above.
South front of east range with 3 plain sashes with 3 plain sashes
above. Low, late C19 and C20 offices to rear and C20 extension
to east. Fine later C18 hall with mid C18 geometrical staircase
with 2 balusters to each tread, one spiralled the other bulbous,
with decorated tread ends and moulded handrail. Fine delicately
moulded plaster ceiling with tendrils, oak leaves and acorns.
Panelled upper walls and ornate cornice with modillion, rosette
and egg and dart decoration. Egg and dart decoration on
doorcases and window frames. Lobby leading out of hall to east
with drawing room beyond with similar ornate cornices and upper
bedroom with delicate ornate plaster ceiling. Original roofs
mostly intact. Source: Bank's, volume 1, page 119.

Listing NGR: SK9320394547

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q40119348

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)