Description

HESKIN TOWN LANE (off)
SD 51 SW
13/133 Pyebrook Hall
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GV II

House. Dated 1822 on rainwater heads. Coursed squared stonestone on
plinth of dressed blocks, low-pitched pyramidal slate roof with central
chimney stack. Rectangular 4-room plan, with rear service wing. Two
storeys, symmetrical, in simple classical style; 3-bay entrance front on
north side, the ground floor mostly covered by a projected wall with a
cornice and plain parapet which carry round a prominent Tuscan porch
supported by a column at all 4 corners, the back pair set in to an entrance
front which is recessed and has a round-headed doorway with radiating
glazing bars in the fanlight and a keystone; one sashed window to the right
of this feature and 3 above it, all round-headed in plain architraves with
keystones, that in the centre of the 1st floor with glazing bars
intersecting in the head. Left return wall has 2 similar but larger
windows on each floor, all sashed with glazing bars making intersecting
tracery in the heads; right return wall has modern porch and square window
at ground floor, 2 round-headed sashed windows at 1st floor (one 4-paned,
other with similar tracery); rear wing has plain doorway and large 12-pane
window at ground floor, a traceried round-headed window above, and a gable
chimney. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SD5278914914

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26457940

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)