Description

HAREWOOD THE AVENUE
SE3245 LS17 (north side)

14/139 Nos 2-5 (consec)

30.3.66

GV II*

Former chapel, cottages and bothy for woodsmen of the Harewood Estate, now
4 houses. Mid-late C18 by John Carr for Edwin Lascelles, 1st Lord Harewood.
Hammer-dressed stone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys and attics to wings. 8-bay
symmetrical facade. Outer 2 bays taller wings which break forward slightly.
Ashlar plinth, 1st-floor band, eaves band continued as impost band on wings.
Outer bays have doorways with monolithic lintels to one side of window. Above,
2 semicircular-arched recesses have flat-arched windows with voussoirs and
segment-headed windows to attic set in archway. Central 4 bays have 2 doorways
flanking 2 windows with 4 windows above, all with monolithic lintels cut with
false voussoirs. Most windows have altered glazing,though 2 Yorkshire sashes
survive to 1st floor of No 4. Central ridge stack. Wings have hipped roofs
with ridge stacks.
Part of Carr's original model village.

Listing NGR: SE3236245018

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17533363

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)