Description

SE 33 SE SWILLINGTON NEWSAM GREEN ROAD
LS26 (south site, off)

2/50 Leventhorpe Hall

5th July 1978
II*

House. 1774, by John Carr of York for Richard Green (information given with
first listing). Double-depth plan with one canted bay at the front and two
at the rear. Two storeys and 7 bays, symmetrical, with canted 3-bay centre;
doorway, up 3 steps with iron railings and curtail, has moulded architrave
and pediment on consoles; 1st-floor band; 12-pane sashed windows with moulded
architraves, those at ground floor with a sill-band and moulded cornices and
these above with balustraded aprons rising frail the band. Modillioned eaves
cornice, hipped 2-span roof with chimneys on the real ridge and end-wall
chimneys. Both return walls rendered, that on the left with a doorway. Rear
elevation has flanking canted bays, 2 French windows in the centre, with
square overlights, sashed windows without glazing bars at ground floor and
12-pane sashes above, with balustrades like those at the front.

Interior; central hall with open-well staircase (scrolled brackets, stick
balusters) ; dining room has painted ceiling with naturalistic flowers, birds,
etc, in late C18 style.

Listing NGR: SE3687730037

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17533455

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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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