Description

MAWDESLEY SMITHY LANE
SD 41 SE
12/167 Lane Ends House
17.4.67
- II*

House. Early C18, with wing of earlier C17. High stone plinth with
chamfered coping, handmade brick, stone slate roof hipped at left end over
front bay of earlier part. Double-depth 2-bay plan added to side of
earlier part, which forms a receding left wing. Two and a half storeys,
symmetrical (except for wing); 2-course 1st floor band, 3-course 2nd floor
band; central door with 6 fielded panels, the topmost shouldered; 2
segmental-headed windows on each floor, all with wooden transoms and
mullions making 6 lights, the lower in the centre a sliding sash, and all
with leaded glazing making 54 panes; breaking the eaves, 2 inserted windows
under hipped dormers; chimneys at right gable and at left junction. To the
left the gable end of the wing (which appears here as a lean-to) is marked
by stone quoins, has 2 segmental-headed stairlights and one similar window
on each floor, all these with glazing like that in the main facade, and a
small lean-to addition to the return wall. Rear: large modern 2-storey
addition to 1st bay; in 2nd bay a segmental-headed 36-pane sash at ground
floor and a segmental-headed cross window with sliding sash and glazing
like that at front; 2 dormers in eaves. Interior (inspected only in part):
rear bay of wing has a large beam with stopped 1/4-round moulding; attic is
Roman Catholic chapel open to the roof, containing large kingpost roof
truss, access to this part being by staircase at junction with wing;
doglegged staircase, with closed string and slim turned balusters.
History: associated with local old Catholic family of Finch since at least
the late C17, and still in their possession; used for mass since C17.
Reference: A. Hewitson ("Atticus") Our Country Churches and Chapels,
(Preston, 1872), p.239. Note on windows: very rare survival of
contemporary glazing.

Listing NGR: SD4878114876

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17530937

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover