Description

SEATON DELAVAL A 190
NZ 3276
(North side)
The Avenue
13/69 Lookout Farmhouse
with attached
outbuilding to west
GV II
House, C17 heightened and remodelled in mid-C18, rear wing heightened in late
C19. Front squared stone with tooled dressings, returns and outbuildings rubble,
rear wing partly snecked stone; blue slate roof. L plan. 2 storeys, 3 bays,
symmetrical. Central flush-panelled door with 2-pane overlight in C19 raised
stone surround with pilasters and cornice. 12-pane sash windows, the lower in
inserted stone surrounds. Stepped and banded end stacks. Returns show stepped
gables which have pedimented raised centre-piece showing blind lunette above
band. Right return shows 2 small attic windows below band; to right is rear
wing with one ground-floor 12-pane sash set in double-chamfered surround of C17
mullioned window.

Outbuilding to left of house shows coped left gable; boarded door and double
doors, under timber lintels, at rear.

The stepped pedimented gables (c.f. also The Delaval Arms, Hartley) show the
influence of Vanbrugh's style at Seaton Delaval Hall.

Listing NGR: NZ3272176810

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26448068

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Recommended Books

• 
  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  For the Record
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Care and Repair