Description

SD 48 SE HEVERSHAM Heversham

2/18 Heversham Hall
21-11-52
II*

House, probably C14 with C16 and later alterations, later additions to East and
West. Stone rubble walls with roughly cut quoins and sandstone dressings;
graduated greenslate roof with stone ridge and 2 end chimneys. 2 storeys plus
attics lit from gable. 4 windows, irregular: ground floor cross windows with
trefoil heads to lights, right hand window blocked; upper floor 2-light windows
with square heads, all with chamfered mullions and surrounds, leaded glazing and
small iron opening panes. Off-centre doorway with chamfered surround and
pointed-arched head, later 8-panelled door inserted behind arch. Rear: similar
mullioned windows and one C19 mullioned window to upper floor; extension with
plinth to south gable and massive chimney with round stack; ruined wall of Pele
tower. Interior has flagged floors, chamfered oak beams, fireolace with
segmental arched head with later fireplace inserted within it, oak doors,
fragments of C17 panelling to ground and upper floors; late C17 or early C18
staircase with closed string, square newels and moulded balusters; 4-bay roof
with principals pegged at apex, ridge piece, collars and 3 levels of trenched
purlins with deep chamfers.

Listing NGR: SD4938283241

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17543589

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Recommended Books

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)