Description

SK 98 SW AISTHORPE

1/1 Aisthorpe Hall

G.V. II

Small country house. Late C17 with alterations and additions of
1821, late C19 similar. Ashlar and coursed limestone rubble
with ashlar dressings, hipped slate roof with lead dressings, the
rear range also of slate but with stone coped gables, 2 yellow
brick wall stacks. 2 storey with attics and cellars, 3 bay front
of 1821 in ashlar with a late C19 added bay to left. Central
rendered C19 gabled porch covers a panelled door with traceried
fanlight and stone surround. To left a plain sash, to right a
later C19 tripartite window. Above are 2 plain sashes and a later
C19 tripartite window. The tripartite windows are enlargements
of the 1821 openings. The later C19 bay is in coursed limestone
rubble with ashlar quoins and has single tripartite windows to
each floor. At the rear is the date of 1821 to apex of a raised
qable above a range of the late Cl7. Interior retains
elliptical arches with moulded wooden architraves and archivolts
as well as some panelling, all of 1821. A grand cantilevered
stair with imitation splat balusters and the drawing room, having
a white marble fireplace, plastered panelled walls and moulded
ceiling, are of the later C19. The rear range has stop chamfer
beams of late C17 type and the extensive cellars beneath the
front range fossilize the plan of the earlier house.

Listing NGR: SK9456680501

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26317335

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments