Description

AUSTWICK GRAYSTONBER LANE
SD 76 NE
(west side)
8/12
Beck House
GV II
House. c1840s with mid-C18 origins and C20 alterations. Rendered, painted
stone dressings, slate roof. L-plan with central staircase. Garden front: 2 storeys, 3 bays. Central entrance has mid-C18 roll-moulded surround with
basket-arched lintel and cornice; right-hand jamb scratched TA 1761; C20 door.
2 ground floor and 3 upper floor windows have plain surrounds and projecting
sills, central upper floor window is narrower. Sashes without glazing bars. Chamfered quoins. Gable-end ridge stacks, that to right-hand gable projects. c1840s wooden spike finials to gables. At rear is mid-C18 2-light flat-faced mullioned stair window with 2 transoms. In gable-end of projecting rear wing
is round-headed stair window with chamfered surround. Interior: C19 dog-leg staircase with reset mid-C18 balustrade comprising closed string, turned balusters and grip handrail.

Listing NGR: SD7693468174

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26475138

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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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)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)