Description

SU 24 SE GRATELEY GRATELEY

5/22 Grateley House

II

Large house, with extensive service blocks abutting the roadway. c1840 and late
C19. Brick and slate. Symmetrical front (south) of 2 storeys, 3 windows. Low-
pitched hipped roof. Red brick walls in Flemish bond, rubbed flat arches, stone
1st floor band (now broken by lowered cills). Sashes in reveals, the ground-floor
has. splayed brick bays, each with 3 sash windows. Plain arched doorway with fan-
light and ½-glazed door. The feature of the elevation is a stone-flagged verandah
with thin cast-iron columns, oval arches (to fit the different spans as the eaves
passes across the front, round the bays, and on the west side of the building),
trellis spandrels and side panels, and concave leaded roof. The east elevation
is of the same style, symmetrical of 2 storeys, 3 windows (south side blank),
with ground-floor recessed openings (the north side replaced with a shallow brick
3 light rectangular bay). Ionic porch of 2 plain columns, 2 pilasters, fanlight
and late C19 door of 2 vertical panels. Extending to the north of the east
elevation is the east end of the north service block, with flint and brick walls.
The roadside (north) elevation is mainly late C19, of mixed sections (flint and
brick, brick with diaper patterns),2 storeys, 1 storey and attic, with a carriage
arch now filled.

Listing NGR: SU2772141828

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26450499

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Recommended Books

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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (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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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)