Description

AUSTWICK HOLM LANE
SD 76 NE
(north side
8/22
Harden
- II
House. Mid-C18 with C17 origins and mid-C19 alterations. Strap pointed rubble
to lower storey, pebbledash to upper storey, stone dressings, stone slate roof.
U plan. 2 storeys, 4 bays with left-hand gabled extension added in mid-C19.
Formerly central entrance has moulded surround; 7 panel door, top panel glazed,
internal strap hinges. 4 windows per storey, cavetto surrounds except where
ground floor windows have been deepened; 15 pane sashes to ground floor, sashes
to upper floor. Upper floor dripmould. Extreme left-hand bay has ground floor
canted bay window, sashes with glazing bars. Upper floor window has sashes with
glazing bars. Decorated bargeboards to gable. 2 ridge stacks, and massive
projecting C17 stack in right-hand gable end. In right-hand wing is reset date-
stone inscribed CB/1674. Interior inglenook fireplace now concealed. In right-
hand wing is mid C18 fireplace with decorated imitation keystone. Closed string
staircase, turned balusters and ramped handrail. Originally dower-house to
Lawkland Hall (qv).

Listing NGR: SD7643868181

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26424598

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6