Description

NZ 22 NE WINDLESTONE A 689
(South side, off)
Windlestone Park

9/82 (inset) Yew Cottage

GV II

House, at one time for the steward of the Windlestone estate. Mid C18,
enlarged early C19 for Eden family. Painted render with painted ashlar
dressings and rear painted quoins; roof graduated Lakeland slate with stone
gable copings, roll-moulded ridge, and painted brick chimneys. 2 storeys,
3 bays. Central door with 6 flat panels under 4-pane overlight, in tooled
stone surround with scroll-bracketed cornice hood. 12-pane sashes above and
in outer bays. Roof copings rest on moulded kneelers; end chimneys. Rear
elevation has central door, sashes with glazing bars, and one window altered.

Interior: single-pile C18 house enlarged by altering rear. Front part has
central dogleg stair with ramped moulded handrail on column-and-vase balusters
and closed string; splat newels; upper end of first balustrade ramped down to
accommodate string of next flight. First-floor chimneypieces have bolection-
moulded surrounds below shaped fascia and cornice, with cast-iron grates.
Rear part has central narrow open-dell stair with curved handrail on stick
balusters and open string. Boarded doors in rear kitchen, 6-panel doors in
upper rear rooms. Solid wall between staircases now has door inserted at
landing.

Listing NGR: NZ2632028774

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26453946

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)