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Prospect House

A Grade II Listed Building in Ebchester, County Durham

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Coordinates

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

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Description


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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