Description

NY 64960 13280 ASBY

10/16 Gaythorne Hall
6.2.68
11*

Large house, C16 with C18 remodelling to rear. Coursed rubble with quoins.
Graduated slate roof to each pile and wing with central stepped and corniced
stone chimney stack running parallel to ridges. Symmetrical double-pile plan
with projecting stair wings. Tall 2-storey, 5-bay front with cellars and
attic. Steps up to central full-height gabled porch with enriched rectangular
frame to semicircular head of outer opening (keystone has Bellingham coat of
arms); internally, bench to left and offset panelled door with figure of mermaid
above. Upper storey of porch has 4-light front window with 2-light returns.
Three 3-light windows to each floor (2 to left, one to right); 2 similar windows
to each gable wall (one to each floor with 3-light mullioned attic window to
north). All these windows are mullioned and transomed; all original windows
have hoodmoulds (continuous over 1st floor). 2-light mullioned windows to stair
wings (some blocked); south wing has wooden framed attic opening just below
eaves with decorative rainwater head adjacent ("I.G. 1702"). 3-storey rear pile
has a small porch and a number of sashes with glazing bars to ground and 1st
floors; barn doors to attic above (wooden crane internally). A number of
moulded fireplaces survive; ground floor front room (south) contains remains of
vine-leaf plaster frieze. See R.C.H.M. for plan and further details.

Listing NGR: NY6496113278

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17542886

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)