Description

PARISH OF DRAYCOTT AND CHURCH WILNE NOTTINGHAM ROAD
SK 43 SW
3/10 (South Side)
Draycott House
10.11.67 II
House. Late C18 with minor C20 alterations and additions.
Possibly designed by Joseph Pickford of Derby. Red brick with
stone dressings and a deep stone plinth with sill band to top.
Hipped graduated slate roof with brick ridge stacks and
bracketed eaves cornice with blocking course over. Three
storeys and three bays with advanced, pedimented central bays to
west and south elevations. South elevation has a four columned,
mid C19 Doric porch with blocking course, over moulded cornice,
covering a mid C19 doorcase with central glazed double doors
flanked by narrow side lights, also with traceried fanlight. To
either side there are full height glazing bar sashes under
rusticated lintels with double keystones, the original openings
have been lengthened. Above two glazing bar sashes below
similar lintels to either side of a central Venetian window,
also with glazing bar sashes. Above again two more smaller
glazing bar sashes to sides, similar to those below and a
central Diocletian window with glazing bar sashes. Attached to
east side is a single storey C20 addition. West elevation has a
two storey blind arch to centre bay with raised stone impost
bands and a rusticated semi-circular head. Within the arch to
the ground floor is a glazing bar sash in a moulded shouldered
surround, set on moulded brackets, with pulvinated frieze and
triangular pediment over. To either side there are glazing bar
sashes under rusticated lintels with double keystones. Similar
inserted window beyond to north. Above two similar windows and
an inserted glazing bar sash within the blind arch. Above
again, two similar, smaller windows to either side and a central
sash in moulded shouldered surround on brackets. Interior has
the original C18 staircase with knopped balusters and wreathed
handrail.

Listing NGR: SK4383234913

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26619472

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)