Description

UGTHORPE UGTHORPE
NZ 71 SE
(north side)
5/259
Ugthorpe House
6.10.69

- II
House, probably early C18; restored and wings added in early C20. Old house
herring-bone-tooled sandstone; wings narrowly-coursed rockfaced sandstone with
tooled-and-marginal dressings. Pantiled roofs with tile ridges, stone ridged
copings, finials and stacks. Old house 2 storeys, 3 windows; gabled, projecting
l-bay wings. Central half-glazed door with low overlight, shaped lintel and
hoodmould. 2-light stone-mullioned windows with leaded casements above and
flanking on both floors. All openings restored. 5-light stone-mullioned
windows on both floors of left wing, under continuous dripmoulds. Right wing
has 2-storey bay with canted corners, 6-light window and parapet. Inner
returns have smaller similar windows; all windows in wings are transomed.
Ball -on-pedestal finials to bay parapet and to sides and peaks of gables. End
chimneys to old house. Corniced stacks to outer walls of wings. Interior:
largely restored in early C20 but with one plain C18 stone fireplace surround
containing a modified Yorkshire range with reckon. Restored beams and panelling
of high quality.

Listing NGR: NZ7921111430

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26441554

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings