Description

NZ 62 SE SKELTON & BROTTON SALTBURN LANE
(off west side),
Skelton

1/39 White House

II

House, c.1690, altered early C19; c.1894 wing, link and porch adjoining left
and extensions adjoining right and rear. Roughcast with stone dressings.
Lakeland slate roofs.' "L"-plan link with porch adjoins left end, joining
original house to higher late C19 wing. Principal front (south): 2 storeys,
4 bays. Entered from porch in link. Sash windows with glazing bars and
sills, early C19 on first floor, late C19 on ground floor with wedge
lintels. Late C19 single-storey canted 2nd bay with sashes, glazing bars
and moulded cornice. Square cast iron down pipes. Triple square timber
brackets at eaves. Ridge and gable copings and rebuilt end and ridge
stacks. Porch has 6-panelled door, overlight and sidelights, under gable.
single-storey, 2-bay extension at right end. Garden front of left-hand
wing: 2 storeys, asymmetrical. Gabled end projections have 2-storey canted
bays with mid C20 casement windows. Left-hand gable has tall stair sash
window to right of bay window. Between the gables: paired sashes to right
on ground floor and 2 first-floor sashes with sills and wedge lintels.
Ornamental stone finials to gables; moulded stone eaves cornice with similar
brackets. Rear elevation shows 2-storey extensions and 2 round-headed stair
windows with intersecting glazing bars. Internal features and woodwork in
original house. In early C19 occupied by John Andrew, notorious smuggler.

Listing NGR: NZ6681521079

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26542462

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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