Description

WEAVERHAM C.P. GORSTAGE LANE
SJ 67 SW (West Side)

4/60 Gorstage Hall
-
- II

Large house: early-mid C19 with late C20 interior. White pointed
Flemish bond orange brick, red sandstone dressings. Hipped Welsh
slate roof and brick chimneys. Square in plan. 2-storey symmetrical
2-bay garden front. Stone plinth, chamfered rusticated quoins, sill
band at 1st floor, delicate moulded band below modillion cornice.
Front consists of 2 2-storey canted bays. Below are deep windows in
simply moulded stone architraves with keyblocks, in each face. Above
are 12-pane sashes in similar architraves but missing the keyblocks.
Entrance facade to the right is rendered following the demolition of
another wing but reuses similar architectural details to produce a
2.-storey symmetrical 3-bay front with architraves to the windows but
an inserted main door.
Interior: completely remodelled with C20 fittings and some re-used
pieces.

A former servants wing to rear, now a separate dwelling,is of no
special interest.

Listing NGR: SJ6061872176

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26575646

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Recommended Books

• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)