Description

SJ 4162 ECCLESTON C.P. HILL ROAD
(South side)

7/122 Smithy Farm

GV II

Originally farmhouse, largely rebuilt 1896 by Douglas and Fordham for
the 1st Duke of Westminster. Stone dressed red brick with blue
diapers encasing parts of earlier sandstone walls. Slate roof with
two symmetrically placed shaped 3-flue chimneys on rear slope. 2
storey 3 bay. Projecting oak-framed gabled porch on shaped sandstone
plinth: arched entrance under carved beam with date; leaded glazing to
sides. Upper storey brickwork to front (above stone string at 1st
floor) in panels with arched brick corbelling to eaves. Stone
surrounds and mullions (with ogee head to each light on ground floor)
to iron casements with leaded glazing. Stone-dressed lancets in
rendered end-gables. 4 panel door with arched upper panels.
Interior: Not inspected.

Listing NGR: SJ4109462498

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26429708

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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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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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock