Description

SD 53 SW
941-1/1/142

PRESTON,
MOOR PARK AVENUE (South side),
No 1, Moor Park House

20/06/90

GV II

Detached house, now offices, c1830, altered and enlarged. Red brick in Flemish bond, with sandstone dressings and hipped slate roof. Double-depth double-fronted plan, with rear service wing. Two storeys over cellars, 3 bays, symmetrical, the centre breaking forwards slightly; with stone plinth, 1st-floor sill-band, plain frieze and moulded cornice with blocking course. The doorway, up 3 steps, has a porch with Ionic columns and pilasters, entablature with cornice and blocking course, and panelled door with stained glass panels and overlight. The windows are tall 4-pane sashes with raised sills and wedge lintels. Side-wall chimneys. Left return wall has 4-pane sashes on both floors (and C20 addition towards rear); right-hand return wall has one tall sash at ground floor, and one very narrow sashed window on each floor towards rear. INTERIOR: front room to right has moulded plaster cornice, and wide elliptical-arched alcove.

Listing NGR: SD5362530783

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26502443

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Recommended Books

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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)