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Latitude: 54.8908 / 54°53'27"N
Longitude: -1.8399 / 1°50'23"W
OS Eastings: 410366
OS Northings: 555133
OS Grid: NZ103551
Mapcode National: GBR HCLW.GK
Mapcode Global: WHC40.QB1G
Plus Code: 9C6WV5R6+82
Entry Name: Prospect House
Listing Date: 6 June 1951
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1240410
English Heritage Legacy ID: 438834
ID on this website: 101240410
Location: Ebchester, County Durham, DH8
County: County Durham
Electoral Ward/Division: Leadgate and Medomsley
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Ebchester
Traditional County: Durham
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): County Durham
Church of England Parish: Ebchester
Church of England Diocese: Durham
Tagged with: House
NZ 1055 CONSETT EBCHESTER HILL
(South side)
Ebchester
17/38 Prospect House
6/6/51
GV II
House. Circa 1820 rebuilding of late C18 house. Pecked and margined sandstone
ashlar with tooled dressings and chamfered quoins; rubble right return and rear;
roof of graduated Lakeland slate with ashlar chimney. 2 storeys and basement,
3 windows. 4 steps up to central renewed glazed door, and overlight with
glazing bars, in pedimented Tuscan doorcase, the entablature breaking forward
over free-standing columns on plinths. Sash windows with glazing bars, and one
late C19 window at right on first floor, in plain stone surrounds. Low-pitched
hipped roof has wide central corniced chimney. Street elevation shows 6-panel
double door and overlight, round-headed stair window and sashes with glazing
bars, in plain surrounds.
Interior: narrow open-well stair has rounded handrail on stick balusters, and
wreath and curtail with acanthus-bud newel; some cast-iron grates, one original
with fruit and flower decoration; some original plain chimney pieces; stucco
ceiling cornices in principal ground-floor rooms, that at left with fruit and
flower decoration, that at right moulded and extended when partition removed
between hall and room; hall elliptical archway filled with panelled door and
fanlight with mock glazing bars. All windows have panelled shutters; all
doors panelled, in architraves; cupboards flanking fire in rear left room have
square top doors with one fielded panel and L hinges. Basement has tooled
stone lintel and surround to blocked kitchen range with cast iron oven by Porter
and Co., Carlisle; and stone-flagged floor.
Listing NGR: NZ1036655133
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