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SJ 94 NW
1/23

CAVERSWALL AND WERRINGTON C.P.
WERRINGTON ROAD (south side)
Ash Hall

3.1.67

II
Large house. Circa 1841. Built for Job Meigh, a local potter. Ashlar; slate roof with elaborate Flemish gable parapets, fretted balustrades and mock miniature brabazons at angles, stacks removed. L-shaped plan with service range forming a complete limb.

Tudor/Flemish-Gothic style. Entrance front in two parts, the main front symmetrical of two tall storeys and gable-lit attics, a composition of slightly projecting gabled wings with three-sided bay windows placed centrally rising to two storeys with stone mullioned and transomed lights; the first floor central recess has a moulded band running across to the gables and a central stepped three-light window; the band forms a cornice to a widely projecting single-storey porch which has octagonal miniature turrets at angles rising to domed pinnacles; the stone, fretted parapet has a central coat of arms over a Tudor-arch double doorway with part-glazed doors. Lower service wing of two windows of similar style attached to right and continued extensively to rear.

Listing NGR: SJ9288247315

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26499949

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)