Description

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SD47NW
705-1/2/44
02/05/75

GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
WINDERMERE ROAD
(West side (off))
Merlewood

(Formerly Listed as WINDERMERE ROAD, Merlewood (Victorian parts only))

GV
II

Large house, now apartments. 1853. For Alfred Binyon by architects
Thompson and Webster. Extended 1881 for William Pitt Miller.
Limestone rubble with ashlar dressings and slate roof. Irregular
plan with steep gables.
Two high storeys plus attics. North facade has gabled wooden
porch, cusped and ornamented, 3 unequal gables with ornamented
bargeboards, and long stair window. Above the porch there is a
timber oriel window. Farther to the right there is a
subsidiary porch, with a pointed arched window in the porch
room. The south front is more symmetrical, with 2 windows on
each floor in centre, gabled centre attic window, and flanking
gables with 2-storey bay windows. The wing to the right has
another 2-storeyed bay window facing east. A lower wing to the
left connects with an oblong tower which has a pyramid roof
and wind vane. Its front wall was rebuilt in the mid C20 and
the right-hand return wall has a plaque carved with a coat of
arms and date '1881'. Tall chimneys, some clustered.
Interior: Elements of the original interior survive as does a
fireplace which contains decorative coloured tiles either side of
the fire grate. The tiles form rectangular borders depicting
urns containing foliage. The borders each surround a central panel
which depicts a romanticised medieval scene, one a male walking
through dense woodland carrying a spear and a dagger as if hunting,
the other a male stood in a woodland clearing outside a castle
preparing to release a bird of prey for sport.

SOURCES:

Merlewood 1850-1950. Becket,J. & gardiner,A. 1987. ISBN 0 9512421 0 5.

Listing NGR: SD4095879614

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26559763

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