Description

LODDINGTON MAIN STREET
SP 87 NW
(south side)
5/46
No 9
(Leighton House)
II
House, formerly a vicarage. Late C17, with early C19 and 1861 additions
and alterations. Coursed and squared ironstone with limestone dressings,
stone slate and Welsh slate roofs. 3 coped stone gable stacks, brick
side wall stack. 2 storeys plus attics, 5 unequal bays, L-plan. North
side has a hipped addition in the return angle with a gabled glazed
wooden porch, 1861, with a large pendant lamp. To its left, a glazed
lean-to corridor. Above, a C19 cross casement. Beyond, to right, setback
early C19 addition with a glazing bar sash and above, a plain sash. West
front has 2 C19 cross casements on each floor and above again, 2 hipped
dormers with 2-light leaded casements. South side has a 4-bay main
block with an off-centre C19 door and overlight, and three 6/6 sashes.
Above, 4 C19 plain sashes. Above again, 2 flat roofed dormers with 2-
light casements. To left, early C19 2-storey hipped addition with a
tripartite sash and above, a plain sash. All these sashes have keystoned
flat arches. East side has a full width 2-storey addition with three 3-
light leaded casements. Interior has the upper stage of late C17 oak
stair, remodelled C19, with beaded square newels, barley sugar and wavy
splat balusters. 1861 Gothic main stair. Chamfered spine beams with
stops. Single-butt-purlin principal rafter roof. Study to south east has
restored Cl7 wainscotting. South east bedroom has C18 framed and
moulded panelling. Arched brick cellars contain mid C19 hot air central
heating stove. Other rooms have three 2-panel C18 doors and 2 doors
made from C17 oak panelling.

Listing NGR: SP8150478423

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26577248

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas